Title :
Processible Polyacetylene-Based χ(3) Materials for Photonic Applications
Author :
Chi, San-Hui ; Hales, Joel M. ; Cho, Jian-Yang ; Odom, Susan ; Zhang, Qing ; Schrock, Richard R. ; Marder, Seth R. ; Perry, Joseph W.
Author_Institution :
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta
Abstract :
A number of processing variations were carried out to optimize the morphology, third- order nonlinearity, and processability of substituted polyacetylene polymers. This allowed for spin coating of optical quality films with large nonlinearities.
Keywords :
nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical films; optical polymers; polymer films; polymerisation; spin coating; optical quality films; polyacetylene-based chi(3) materials; polymerization; spin coating; substituted polymer processability; third-order nonlinearity; Aging; Biomedical optical imaging; Morphology; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical signal processing; Polymer films; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452708
