A series of all organic nonlinear optical (NLO) sol-gel materials based on melamines and an azobenzene dye (Disperse Orange 3; DO3) have been investigated. Different contents of DO3 were covalently bonded with the melamine-based organic network via condensation of amino and methylol groups. The opti
Organically modified inorganic sol-gel materials for second-order nonlinear optics
β Scribed by Rong-Ho Lee; Ging-Ho Hsiue; Ru-Jong Jeng
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 200 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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β¦ Synopsis
A series of the organically modified inorganic NLO sol-gel materials based on the prepolymer of alkoxysilanes and an alkoxysilane dye (ASD) have been investigated. Optically clear samples exhibit large second-order optical nonlinearity (d 33 Ο Ο³10.8 -54.0 pm/V at 1064 nm) after poling and curing at 220Β°C for 1 h. The thermal behavior of these NLO sol-gel materials was studied by temperature-dependent dielectric relaxation. The results indicate that the crosslinking density of cured NLO sol-gel materials was increased with increasing alkoxysilane content. Subsequently, better temporal stabilities were obtained for the poled/cured NLO sol-gel materials with a higher alkoxysilane content. Moreover, the structural influence of alkoxysilanes on the thermal behavior and second-order nonlinearity was also studied for these NLO sol-gel materials.
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