Efficient UV polymerisation of 3BCMU: Optical and waveguiding properties of the material

✍ Scribed by Stefano Sottini; Emilia Giorgetti; Massimo Sparpaglione; Deborah Brooks; Maurizio Licchelli; Daniela Grando; Vladimir Skarda; Duncan Westland

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 628 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0925-3467
• DOI: 10.1016/0925-3467(96)00004-3

✦ Synopsis

A modified method to synthesize 3BCMU and to polymerize it by ultraviolet (UV) radiation is presented; the polymerization technique gave a maximum yield of 18%. Langmuir-Blodgett and spin coated films of UV/poly-3BCMU have been fabricated. Visible and resonance Raman spectroscopy and waveguide tests were performed: the results are compared with those obtained with y/poly-3BCMU films.