Azo-dye hybrid sol-gel glass composites for optoelectronics

J. A. Gurney; Ignacio Vargas-Baca; Andrew P. Brown; Mark P. Andrews; S. Iraj Najafi

doi:10.1117/12.312915

6 July 1998 Azo-dye hybrid sol-gel glass composites for optoelectronics

J. A. Gurney, Ignacio Vargas-Baca, Andrew P. Brown, Mark P. Andrews, S. Iraj Najafi

Proceedings Volume 3469, Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Photonics; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312915
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We have prepared a hybrid organic-inorganic glass composite incorporating an aminosulfone dye via the sol-gel process. The dye was functionalized with alkoxysilane moieties to anchor it covalently into the silicate network. Co-condensation with the organically modified silicon alkoxide methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS), gave transparent high-quality films that could be deposited up to 10 microns thick in one step. We discuss the structure and second-order nonlinear properties of these materials. For a poled and cured sample containing 0.5% (w/w) of the NLO dye, the magnitude of the electro-optic coefficient r₁₃ is 2.2 plus or minus 0.4 pm/V.

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J. A. Gurney, Ignacio Vargas-Baca, Andrew P. Brown, Mark P. Andrews, and S. Iraj Najafi "Azo-dye hybrid sol-gel glass composites for optoelectronics", Proc. SPIE 3469, Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Photonics, (6 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.312915

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