Polymers for telecommunication devices based on /spl chi//sup 2/:/spl chi//sup 2/-cascading

Author

Le Duff, A.-C. ; Ricci, T. ; Pliska, T. ; Canva, M. ; Stegeman, G. ; Twieg, R. ; Kwok Pong Chan

Author_Institution

CREOL, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

23-28 May 1992

Firstpage

139

Abstract

Summary form only given. We envisage using polymers in cascading (/spl chi//sup (2)/:/spl chi//sup (2)/) based optical processes at telecommunication wavelengths. The key figure of merit is usually [/spl chi//sup (2)/(2/spl omega/)//spl alpha/(2/spl omega/)]/sup 2/ where /spl chi//sup (2)/(2/spl omega/) is the second order nonlinearity /spl alpha/(2/spl omega/) is the harmonic loss coefficient. Here we report on systematic studies of the figure of merit [/spl chi//sup 2/(2/spl omega/)//spl alpha/(2/spl omega/)]/sup 2/ for a series of chromophores in a guest-host system normalized to weight percents of nominally 100%.

Keywords

optical communication equipment; optical harmonic generation; optical losses; optical polymers; /spl chi//sup 2/:/spl chi//sup 2/-cascading; chromophores; guest-host system; harmonic loss coefficient; key figure of merit; second order nonlinearity; systematic studies; telecommunication devices; telecommunication wavelengths; Absorption; Loss measurement; Optical films; Optical losses; Optical mixing; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor waveguides; Transmission line matrix methods; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1999. QELS '99. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-576-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/QELS.1999.807437

Filename

807437