Investigation of the nonlinear optical response in polymeric azoester systems

Author

El Ouazzani, Hasnaa ; Iliopoulos, Konstantinos ; Krupka, Oksana ; Smokal, Vitaliy ; Sahraoui, Bouchta

Author_Institution

Inst. des Sci. et Technol. Moleculaires d´´Angers, Univ. of Angers, Angers, France

fYear

2011

fDate

26-30 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The second and third-order nonlinear optical properties of novel push-pull azobenzene polymers have been investigated using 30 ps laser pulses at 1064 nm. The study of the chromophores has been done before and after corona poling and by employing different polarizations. Very strong nonlinear response, which was different for every investigated system has been found due to enhanced charge transfer within the molecules.

Keywords

nonlinear optics; optical harmonic generation; optical polymers; corona poling; nonlinear optical properties; nonlinear optical response; nonlinear response; polymeric azoester systems; push-pull azobenzene polymers; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical films; Optical harmonic generation; Optical polarization; Optical polymers; Plastics; Disperse Red 1 (DR1); Maker fringes; Push-Pull; Second Harmonic Generation (SHG); Third Harmonic Generation (THG); azo dyes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Stockholm

ISSN

2161-2056

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0881-7

Electronic_ISBN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2011.5970845

Filename

5970845