Journal
JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS
Volume 357, Issue 10, Pages 2075-2080Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2011.02.031
Keywords
Electrical poling; In situ-second harmonic generation; Nonlinear optics; Polymethylmethacrylate; Polystyrene
Funding
- Fondazione Cariplo [Cariplo 2003.1584/10.4878]
- MIUR [FIRB 2003: RBNE033KMA, FIRB 2004: RBPR05JH2P]
- CNR (INSTM-PROMO)
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The swelling-poling-deswelling technique is a new procedure of poling crosslinked polymeric network carrying covalently attached NLO (nonlinear optical) chromophores. It is based upon a solvent-swollen crosslinked polymeric network before submission to poling. Under electrical poling, the matrix is deswelled without heating above the polymer Tg (glass transition temperature) obtaining a significant improvement of the stabilization of the alignment of the chromophores and therefore of the SHG (second harmonic generation). We determined the d(33) values of DR1 chromophore linked in different manner to PMMA (polymethylmethacrylate) and polystyrene. Crosslinked PMMA gives very good results, in fact the 40% of the d(33) value remains after 4 months respect to d(33) evaluated a couple of hours after poling. Interestingly the same stability in the time of the d(33) is observed with the crosslinked polystyrene matrix. In terms of d(33) after poling, the two systems carrying DR1 (Disperse Red 1) moieties covalently attached to the polystyrene matrix (side-chain and crosslinked) behave in a similar manner, but in terms of stability, the linear polymeric system is the best (75%), higher than all systems investigated. (c) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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