Title :
Polymers for telecommunication devices based on /spl chi//sup 2/:/spl chi//sup 2/-cascading
Author :
Le Duff, A.-C. ; Ricci, T. ; Pliska, T. ; Canva, M. ; Stegeman, G. ; Twieg, R. ; Kwok Pong Chan
Author_Institution :
CREOL, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We envisage using polymers in cascading (/spl chi//sup (2)/:/spl chi//sup (2)/) based optical processes at telecommunication wavelengths. The key figure of merit is usually [/spl chi//sup (2)/(2/spl omega/)//spl alpha/(2/spl omega/)]/sup 2/ where /spl chi//sup (2)/(2/spl omega/) is the second order nonlinearity /spl alpha/(2/spl omega/) is the harmonic loss coefficient. Here we report on systematic studies of the figure of merit [/spl chi//sup 2/(2/spl omega/)//spl alpha/(2/spl omega/)]/sup 2/ for a series of chromophores in a guest-host system normalized to weight percents of nominally 100%.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical harmonic generation; optical losses; optical polymers; /spl chi//sup 2/:/spl chi//sup 2/-cascading; chromophores; guest-host system; harmonic loss coefficient; key figure of merit; second order nonlinearity; systematic studies; telecommunication devices; telecommunication wavelengths; Absorption; Loss measurement; Optical films; Optical losses; Optical mixing; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor waveguides; Transmission line matrix methods; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1999. QELS '99. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-576-X
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.1999.807437
