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Doped Polymers as Third-Order Nonlinear-Optical Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Mark. G. Kuzyk
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
U. C. Paek
Affiliation:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey
Carl W. Dirk
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas
Mark P. Andrews
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Abstract

Recently, there has been much interest in doped polymeric materials owing to their suitability for optical device applications.[1] While most of this effort has been centered on poled polymers and their applications to electrooptics, doped polymers are beginning to emerge as a promising material class for all-optical device applications. In this contribution, we discuss the status of doped polymers as third-order optical materials. Particular attention is focused on those properties that make doped polymers attractive as device materials such as optical nonlinearity and loss and their suitability for nonlinear-optical fiber devices.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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