Abstract
Electric-field distributions in coplanar-electrode configurations are measured by the linear electro-optic (EO) effects in poled EO polymers. Thermoplastic poling of an isotropic guest-host polyimide system was employed to investigate the electrostatic factors determining the field distribution inside the EO polymer. Electrostatic analysis of the field distribution shows that the introduction of a new boundary condition formed by the polymer surface is necessary to account for field distributions measured by the linear EO effect.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 79-84 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals |
Volume | 280 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1996 |