NONLINEAR-OPTICAL STUDIES OF A FLUORINATED POLED POLYIMIDE GUEST-HOST SYSTEM

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HUBBARD, SF [1 ]
SINGER, KD [1 ]
LI, F [1 ]
CHENG, SZD [1 ]
HARRIS, FW [1 ]
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[1] UNIV AKRON,DEPT POLYMER SCI,AKRON,OH 44325
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10.1063/1.112412
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We report on poling of a low dielectric constant preimidized fluorinated fully aromatic guest-host polyimide nonlinear optical material including thermal stability of optical nonlinearities and waveguiding properties. We measured a second-harmonic coefficient (d33 = 4.9 +/- 0.5 pm/V at 1217 nm fundamental wavelength) which is accurately predicted by a thermodynamic model of poled polymers. The optical nonlinearity of a poled sample was thermally stable at 80-degrees-C for over 300 h. Films were observed to have negative birefringence. Optical losses for slab waveguides in lowest order TE and TM modes were greater-than-or-equal-to 7.7 dB/cm for doped waveguides at 800 nm wavelength and increased after poling.
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