Second harmonic generation from new dyes in polymer films

Geoffrey A. Lindsay; Ronald A. Henry; Rena Y. Yee; Andrew P. Chafin; Michael D. Seltzer; R. Hill; Andre Knoesen

doi:10.1117/12.173837

15 May 1994 Second-harmonic generation from new dyes in polymer films

Geoffrey A. Lindsay, Ronald A. Henry, Rena Y. Yee, Andrew P. Chafin, Michael D. Seltzer, R. Hill, Andre Knoesen

Proceedings Volume 2143, Organic, Metallo-Organic, and Polymeric Materials for Nonlinear Optical Applications; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.173837
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

One might say this paper is about something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue -- finding chromophoric brides to be wed to polymeric husbands. Several dyes have been synthesized that are red, magenta, or blue in color and have large ground-state dipole moments. Dyes synthesized in our laboratory were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry and UV-VIS spectroscopy. First molecular hyperpolarizabilities ((beta) _o) of the dyes were calculated using MOPAC (V6). Some of the dyes were dissolved in poly(methyl methacrylate), corona poled above the glass transition temperature, and cooled to room temperature to freeze in the polar order. Second-order nonlinear optical properties of these guest-host films were compared by optical frequency doubling measurements.

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Geoffrey A. Lindsay, Ronald A. Henry, Rena Y. Yee, Andrew P. Chafin, Michael D. Seltzer, R. Hill, and Andre Knoesen "Second-harmonic generation from new dyes in polymer films", Proc. SPIE 2143, Organic, Metallo-Organic, and Polymeric Materials for Nonlinear Optical Applications, (15 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.173837

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