Measurement of the electro-optic coefficient dispersion in poled polymer materials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2285, Issue , 1994, Pages 131-140

  Shi, Yongqiang ^a   Bechtel, James H ^a   Kalluri, Srinath ^b   Steier, William H ^b   Xu, Chengzeng ^b   Wu, Bo ^b   Dalton, Larry R ^b  

^a TACAN Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersions; Electro optic effects; Nonlinear optical materials; Polymers

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; ETCHING; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MODULATION; MODULATORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; THIN FILMS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

ELECTRO OPTIC COEFFICIENT; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS; ELECTRO-OPTIC RESPONSE; ELECTROOPTIC EFFECTS; LARGE WAVELENGTH RANGE; NON-LINEAR POLYMERS; POLARIZATION OPTICS; SECOND-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 80053936653     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.187509     Document Type: Conference Paper

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