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Polymers for Nonlinear Optics

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Synonyms

Hybrid nonlinear optics; Organic nonlinear optics

Definition

Nonlinear optics refers to the nonlinear optical response (nonlinear changes in the index of refraction or absorption) arising from the interaction of quasi-delocalized electrons with applied electric fields. Nonlinear optical polymers are macromolecular materials with extended π-electron segments.

Principles

The interaction of applied electric fields (both electric fields of frequencies from dc (0 Hz) to terahertz (THz) applied through electrode structures and the electric field component of electromagnetic radiation including radiation at infrared and optical frequencies) can result in the perturbation of the charge distribution of materials, including the electron distribution of conjugated π-electron containing macromolecular materials. The effect of such interaction on both the (molecular) dipole moment (μi(E)) and the macroscopic induced polarization (Pi(E)) can be represented by a power series expansion in...

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  1. Departments of Chemistry and Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, 351700, Seattle, WA, 98195-1700, USA

    Larry R. Dalton

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  1. Center for Fiber and Textile Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

    Shiro Kobayashi

  2. Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

    Klaus Müllen

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Dalton, L.R. (2015). Polymers for Nonlinear Optics. In: Kobayashi, S., Müllen, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Polymeric Nanomaterials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29648-2_11

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