Nonlinear moiety-doped polymers with improved optical properties for photonic devices

Myung Hyun Lee, Hwan K. Kim, Hye Young Kim, H. J. Lee, K. H. Kang, Yong Hyub Won, E. S. Jeon, Jeong W. Wu

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Abstract

An electro-optic polymer guest-host system has been constructed and demonstrated. The polymer host is a polyimide (PIQ2200) and the guest chromophores are dimethyl (or diethyl) amino alkyl sulfone stilbenes. The alkylated-NLO moieties as guest chromophores have been modified, yielding new alkylated-NLO moieties. The higher content of alkylated-NLO moieties, compared to unmodified NLO moieties, was doped into a polyimide host system due to the improved solubility of new alkylated-NLO moieties. To the 40 wt%, the new alkylated-NLO moiety has been completely dissolved in the preliminary experiment, leading to the increase of refractive index by 0.0016. These polyimide-based guest-host systems exhibited a significant improvement in the thermal stability at high temperatures exceeding 250°C. The electro-optic coefficient reported in the present study is 13 pm/V for the 40 wt% DASS-6-doped polymer system poled at the 135 V/μm. However, further increase up to 25 pm/V may easily be achieved by increasing the amount of guest moieties and/or the intensity of the poling field. This work presents new materials for photonic switching devices with low operating voltage.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
EditorsSeth R. Marder, Joseph W. Perry
PublisherPubl by Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
Pages209-216
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)0819414387
StatePublished - 1994
EventOrganic, Metallo-Organic, and Polymeric Materials for Nonlinear Optical Applications - Los Angeles, CA, USA
Duration: 25 Jan 199426 Jan 1994

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume2143
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceOrganic, Metallo-Organic, and Polymeric Materials for Nonlinear Optical Applications
CityLos Angeles, CA, USA
Period25/01/9426/01/94

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