Development of highly active, thermally stable chromophores and polymers for electro-optic applications

Alex K.Y. Jen; Varanasi Pushkara Rao; K. J. Drost; Yongming Cai; Robert M. Mininni; John T. Kenney; Edward S. Binkley; Larry Raymond Dalton

doi:10.1117/12.187500

23 September 1994 Development of highly active, thermally stable chromophores and polymers for electro-optic applications

Alex K.Y. Jen, Varanasi Pushkara Rao, K. J. Drost, Yongming Cai, Robert M. Mininni, John T. Kenney, Edward S. Binkley, Larry Raymond Dalton

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Proceedings Volume 2285, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials VII; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187500
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We have developed two classes of highly efficient and thermally stable nonlinear optical chromophores using fused-thiophene and bithiophene as conjugating units. Experimental studies indicate that the use of fused-thiophene or bithiophene as a (pi) conjugating bridge provides an excellent tradeoff between nonlinearity and thermal stability. In addition to the chromophore developments, we have employed new synthetic methodologies to obtain thermally stable poled polyimides.

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Alex K.Y. Jen, Varanasi Pushkara Rao, K. J. Drost, Yongming Cai, Robert M. Mininni, John T. Kenney, Edward S. Binkley, and Larry Raymond Dalton "Development of highly active, thermally stable chromophores and polymers for electro-optic applications", Proc. SPIE 2285, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials VII, (23 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187500

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