Efficient frequency-doubling in a poled PVDF copolymer guest/host composite

18 June 1987

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 23 (13) , 700-701
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19870498

Abstract

We describe the linear and nonlinear properties of a new polymer composite, which uses a ferroelectric PVDF copolymer host in which an optically nonlinear low-molecularweight guest is dissolved and subsequently aligned using a room-temperature poling process. We have measured the frequency-doubling coefficient d₃₃ of these poled composites at 1-064/mi to be as high as 2-6 × 10⁻¹²m/V. In addition, we have shown that this material may be formed into waveguiding structures with an acceptable optical loss (̃5dB/cm), as is needed in many signal processing systems.

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