Polymeric electro-optic materials have recently been developed that, when fabricated into
devices such as Mach-Zehnder interferometers, permit drive (V π) voltages of less than 1 V …

It has been more than 10 years since the first electric field poled second-order nonlinear
polymers were reported. 1'2 During this period a wide variety of polymeric systems have …

Abstract. In several oxide crystals the refractive index can be changed by inhomogeneous
illumination, and these photorefractive properties have allowed for a wide variety of …

Currently, there is increasing interest in the use of push–pull heptamethine chromophores
containing the 2-dicyanomethylidene-3-cyano-4, 5, 5-trimethyl-2, 5-dihydrofuran (TCF) …

A brief survey of the electrical and optical properties of poled polymer electrets for sensors
and photonic applications is given. Semicrystalline ferroelectric polymers are highly suitable …

Using a novel experimental protocol involving second harmonic generation (SHG), the
rotational, reorientation dynamics of disperse red 1 (DR1) chromophores doped at 2 wt.% in …

Second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) materials have been utilized in commercial
applications for computing, telecommunications, and sensing such as electronic/photonic …

Rapid and reliable determination of thin film electro-optic (EO) coefficients is critically
important to the future development of organic and polymeric nonlinear optical materials for …

Second harmonic generation (SHG) is used to monitor rotational, reorientation dynamics of
disperse red 1 (DRl) doped at 2 wt% in poly (isobutyl methacrylate)(PIBMA) and poly (ethyl …

We have investigated electrical conduction phenomena during high-electric-field poling of a
standard covalently functionalized DR-1 side-chain polymer. We performed electric current …