X(2) dispersion and waveguiding measurements in acentric chromophoric self-assembled NLO materials

Shlomo Yitzchaik, Paul M. Lundquist, Weiping Lin, Tobin J. Marks, George K. Wong

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Abstract

An attractive and challenging approach to the construction of robust, thin film materials with large second-order optical nonlinearities is the covalent self-assembly of aligned arrays of high-(beta) molecular chromophores into multilayer superlattices. In this paper, we describe the dispersion of the large second harmonic generation (SHG) response in a self-assembled film containing stilbazolium chromophore building blocks. We also describe a new approach to fabricating SHG waveguides with such materials as well as preliminary confirmatory experimental results.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)282-289
Number of pages8
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume2285
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 23 1994
EventNonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials VII 1994 - San Diego, United States
Duration: Jul 24 1994Jul 29 1994

Funding

(Grant DMR9120521) and by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Contract 93-1-01 14). We thank Prof. Mark Ratner and Dr. David Kanis for helpful discussions. This research was supported by the NSF-MRL program through the Materials Research Center of NU

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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