Ultrafast nonlinear refraction in an integrated Fabry-Perot etalon containing polydiacetylene

Author

Bakarezos, M. ; Camacho, M.A. ; Blewett, I.J. ; Kar, A.K. ; Wherrett, B.S. ; Matsuda, H. ; Fukuda, T. ; Yamada, S. ; Rangel-Rojo, R.R. ; Katagi, H. ; Kasai, H. ; Okada, S. ; Nakanashi, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

258

Abstract

Summary form only given. Organic compounds with /spl pi/-conjugated polymers are considered to be candidates for practical third-order nonlinear optical (NLO) materials. Among them, polydiacetylenes (PDA) are an important class of conjugated polymer. PDAs, which can be obtained as single crystals, have been extensively studied since 1976. PDAs show large third-order nonlinear susceptibilities and ultrafast optical response, therefore they have been considered to be very promising materials for future photonic devices. However it is difficult to prepare large PDA crystals with high optical quality necessary for NLO device applications. In order to fabricate uniform thin films of PDA we have prepared nanometer size micro-crystals of poly-1,6-dicarbazoly 1-2,4-hexadyne (DCHC).

Keywords

Fabry-Perot interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; light refraction; nonlinear optical susceptibility; nonlinear optics; optical fabrication; optical films; optical polymers; polymer films; /spl pi/-conjugated polymers; conjugated polymer; fabrication; integrated Fabry-Perot etalon; nanometer size micro-crystals; nonlinear optical device applications; optical quality; organic compounds; photonic devices; poly-1,6-dicarbazoly 1-2,4-hexadyne; polydiacetylene; polydiacetylenes; practical third-order nonlinear optical materials; third-order nonlinear susceptibilities; ultrafast nonlinear refraction; ultrafast optical response; uniform thin film; Crystalline materials; Fabry-Perot; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Photonic crystals; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834157

Filename

834157