Optical poling of azo-compounds for applications in nanophotonics

Author

Petruskevicius, R. ; Urbonas, D. ; Gabalis, M. ; Balcytis, A. ; Seniutinas, G. ; Tomasiunas, R. ; Getautis, V.

Author_Institution

Center for Phys. Sci. & Technol., Vilnius, Lithuania

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Azo-compounds in polymers will likely play an increasingly important role in engineering of silicon photonics and plasmonic nano-devices for E-O modulation, parametric generation, switching and sensing. In this paper, we present a phenomenological theory of all-optical poling and photo-assisted electric field poling of azo-dye doped polymers and compare theoretical simulation results with experimental all-optical poling transients at varying temperatures obtained for azophenylcarbazole type azo-dyes in polycarbonate polymer matrix.

Keywords

dyes; electro-optical effects; nanophotonics; optical hole burning; optical polymers; azo-dye doped polymers; azophenylcarbazole type azo-dyes; nanophotonics; optical poling; orientational hole burning; polycarbonate polymer matrix; Integrated optics; Laser beams; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Plastics; Temperature dependence; Temperature measurement; all-optical poling; azo-polymers; azophenylcarbazole; relaxation kinetics; second order nonlinearities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cartagena

ISSN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602722

Filename

6602722