Nonlinear absorption and refraction in an organic dye functionalized main chain polymer waveguide in the 1.5 μm wavelength region

1995 ◽  
Vol 67 (7) ◽  
pp. 891-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Asobe ◽  
I. Yokohama ◽  
T. Kaino ◽  
S. Tomaru ◽  
T. Kurihara
1992 ◽  
Vol 247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshikuni Kaino ◽  
Satoru Tomaru ◽  
Takashi Kurihara ◽  
Michiyuki Amano

ABSTRACTLinear and nonlinear optical (NLO) polymeric materials with good processabilities are discussed. An azo-dye substituted copolymer (3RNO2, nitro-terminated diazo dye) are investigated. The polymer film was found to be transparent and attenuation loss was less than 2 dB/cm. The χ(3) of 3RNo2 reaches 5×10−11 esu in the near-resonant region. With polymers where the dye molecules are introduced into the polymer backbone (a main chain polymer), a χ(3) larger than 10−11 esu is obtained even in a monoazo dye introduced polymer. A new molecular crystal, symmetrically substituted benzylidene-aniline compound, SBAC for short, are also successfully polymerized (introduced into a polymer main chain) and their χ(3) values are revealed to be around 1010 esu in the near-resonant wavelength region. The optical transmission of these polymers is also investigated and revealed to be around 2 dB/cm. With poly(arylene vinylene), a certain population of χ-conjugation length will induce enhancement of the resonant χ(3) of the polymers. The polymer can be used to fabricate channel waveguides with the photo-bleaching technique.


2020 ◽  
Vol 220 ◽  
pp. 01019
Author(s):  
Elvira Fazalova ◽  
Konstantin Kochunov ◽  
Elena Bodyago ◽  
Georgii Konoplev ◽  
Nikolay Mukhin ◽  
...  

Optical and photoelectric properties of poly (ohydroxyamide) (PHA) sensitized with zinc phthalocyanines were investigated in the visible and near infrared spectral regions. The structures were deposited on glass substrates by centrifugation and subsequent drying of a PHA film without thermal annealing. Optical spectra revealed characteristic absorption peaks of phthalocyanine in the longer wavelength region at 620-640 nm and 680-700 nm; absorption of the PHA matrix monotonously increases to the shorter wavelengths starting from 700 nm. Measurements of the photocurrent under irradiation with a high-power LED at a wavelength 630 nm showed photoconductivity related to the organic dye; photoconductivity also was observed while irradiated at 540 nm, presumably due to the absorption of PHA matrix. For non-sensitized (dye-free) PHA films no detectable photocurrents were produced by 630 nm irradiation. It was shown that introducing of phthalocyanines significantly improves optical absorption and photoconductivity of PHA thin films at the wavelengths, where the maximum in the spectral distribution of solar radiation lies. It was concluded that phthalocyanine-sensitized PHA has the potential use as a photosensitive organic material for solar applications, for example in developing composite organicinorganic structures with ferroelectrics.


2015 ◽  
Vol 479 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-81
Author(s):  
V. Samulionis ◽  
Š. Svirskas ◽  
J. Banys ◽  
A. Sánchez-Ferrer ◽  
N. Gimeno ◽  
...  

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 2976
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Andrikopoulos ◽  
Charalampos Anastasopoulos ◽  
Joannis K. Kallitsis ◽  
Aikaterini K. Andreopoulou

In this work, hybrid polymeric bis-tridentate iridium(III) complexes bearing derivatives of terpyridine (tpy) and 2,6-di(phenyl) pyridine as ligands were successfully synthesized and evaluated as red-light emitters. At first, the synthesis of small molecular bis-tridendate Ir(III) complexes bearing alkoxy-, methyl-, or hydroxy-functionalized terpyridines and a dihydroxyphenyl-pyridine moiety was accomplished. Molecular complexes bearing two polymerizable end-hydroxyl groups and methyl- or alkoxy-decorated terpyridines were copolymerized with difluorodiphenyl-sulphone under high temperature polyetherification conditions. Alternatively, the post-polymerization complexation of the terpyridine-iridium(III) monocomplexes onto the biphenyl-pyridine main chain homopolymer was explored. Both cases afforded solution-processable metallocomplex-polymers possessing the advantages of phosphorescent emitters in addition to high molecular weights and excellent film-forming ability via solution casting. The structural, optical, and electrochemical properties of the monomeric and polymeric heteroleptic iridium complexes were thoroughly investigated. The polymeric metallocomplexes were found to emit in the orange–red region (550–600 nm) with appropriate HOMO and LUMO levels to be used in conjunction with blue-emitting hosts. By varying the metal loading on the polymeric backbone, the emitter’s specific emission maxima could be successfully tuned.


1998 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. LUB ◽  
D. J. BROER ◽  
M. E. MARTINEZ ANTONIO ◽  
G. N. MOL

1967 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 629-634
Author(s):  
D. K. Thomas

Abstract In what appeared to be a complex system it transpires that network scission in methylvinyl silicone rubbers at temperatures below 250° C is due largely to hydrolytic reactions in the main chain polymer. At temperatures of 250° C and above there are indications that a significant amount of scission arises from oxidative reactions in the crosslinks, and that this reaction is catalyzed by acidic residues in the rubber. There is no indication that acidic byproducts of the vulcanization reaction catalyze the hydrolysis of siloxane bonds in the polymer. In conventional heat aging tests in which the rubber remains in an unstrained condition the effects of hydrolysis will only be observed if the concentration of water in the system is allowed to rise. Under these circumstances softening will occur because of a shift in the position of equilibrium in the reaction ∼Si—O—Si—O∼ + H2O→∼Si—OH+ HO—Si—O∼ On aging the material in a well ventilated situation the effects of hydrolysis are not seen and the silicone rubber becomes brittle after long exposure at high temperature. This embrittlement must result from additional crosslinking caused by oxidative reactions in the methyl groups of the main chain polymer. When the rubber is used in compression or tension, hydrolytic scission will affect performance, and in applications of this sort it is important to dry the rubber before use and prevent access of moisture to the component during use. With filled rubber the silica filler is a further source of moisture and drying needs to be carried out at elevated temperatures immediately before use. In order to improve the confined heat aging performance of silicone rubber an alternative filler to fine silica is needed which does not have the same affinity for water. It may be, however, that ability to reinforce silicone rubber and affinity for water are inseparable.


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