Title :
Polymethines with macroscopic optical nonlinearities suitable for all-optical signal processing
Author :
Hales, Joel M. ; Hyeongeu Kim ; Barlow, Stephen ; Getmanenko, Yulia A. ; Yadong Zhang ; Giesking, Rebecca ; Risko, Chad ; Shahin, Shiva ; Kieu, Khan ; Norwood, Robert A. ; Peyghambarian, N. ; Bredas, Jean-Luc ; Marder, Seth R. ; Perry, Joseph W.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Chem. & Biochem., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
By preventing aggregation of polymethine molecules at high number density, we have developed organic materials with large third-order nonlinearities and low nonlinear absorption in the near-infrared thereby enabling demonstration of an all-optical signal processing application.
Keywords :
aggregation; nonlinear optics; optical information processing; optical materials; organic compounds; all-optical signal processing application; large third-order nonlinearities; macroscopic optical nonlinearities; near-infrared range; nonlinear absorption; number density; organic materials; polymethine molecule aggregation; Absorption; Fiber nonlinear optics; Films; Optical fibers; Optical signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
