Photoassisted poling vs thermal poling in copolymides for second-order nonlinear optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2998, Issue , 1997, Pages 205-213

  Chauvin, Jerome ^a   Nakatani, Keitaro ^a   Delaire, Jacques A ^a   Marestin, C ^b   Mercier, Regis ^b   Sillion, Bernard ^b  

^a Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan   (France)

^b LMOPS   (France)

Author keywords

Azo dye doped polymers; Disperse red one; Orientational order; Photoassisted poling; Photoisomerization; Polyimides

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CHROMOPHORES; GLASS TRANSITION; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POLYIMIDES;

ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; AZO DYE DOPED POLYMERS; DISPERSE RED ONE; HIGH-GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS; PHOTOASSISTED POLING; SECOND ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICS; SIDE-CHAIN POLYIMIDE;

HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 0040924501     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.264182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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