Theory-guided enhancement of poling efficiency of organic electrooptic materials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7774, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Benight, Stephanie J ^a   Johnson, Lewis E ^a   Knorr, Daniel B ^b   Bale, Denise H ^a   Kosilkin, Ilya ^a   Olbricht, Benjamin C ^a   Sullivan, Philip A ^a   Reid, Philip J ^a   Robinson, Bruce H ^a   Overney, Rene M ^b   Jen, Alex K Y ^b   Steier, William H ^c   Kim, Seong Ku ^d   Fetterman, Harold ^d   Prather, Dennis W ^e   Dalton, Larry R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric permittivity; Electric field poling; Electro optic chromophores; Lattice dimensionality; Molecular first hyperpolarizability; Monte Carlo methods; Order parameters; Spatially anisotropic intermolecular electrostatic interactions

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; ELECTRIC FIELD POLING; ELECTRO-OPTICS; FIRST HYPERPOLARIZABILITIES; INTERMOLECULAR ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTION; LATTICE DIMENSIONALITY; MONTE CARLO; ORDER PARAMETER;

ANISOTROPY; AZO DYES; DENDRIMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GLASS LASERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; ORGANIC LASERS; PERMITTIVITY;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 77957989362     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.862059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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