Hostname: page-component-74656f9884-j7cmm Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-11T02:18:20.904Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Bulk Self-Assembled Films for Photonics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

S. K. Tripathy ,
D. Y. Kim ,
W. H. Kim  and
J. Kumar
S. K. Tripathy
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Center for Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry
D. Y. Kim
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Center for Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry
W. H. Kim
Affiliation:
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Center for Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry
J. Kumar
Affiliation:
Physics One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854
Get access

Abstract

Recently we have reported, significant second harmonic generation from spin coated and bulk films of a soluble polydiacetylene (PDA), namely poly{8-[[[butoxy carbonyl] methyl]urethanyl]-1-(5-pyrimidyl)-octa-l,3,-diyne}} (BPOD) without recourse to poling. Poly(BPOD) is an asymmetrically substituted PDA in which a polarizable heteroaromatic pyrimidyl group is attached as one of the side groups. In addition to reviewing the earlier results, we report a series of new soluble PDAs of the same class with further functionalization, elaborating on the already defined design principle.

A second class of polymers with azo dye based NLO chromophores incorporated into the structure has been processed optically to fabricate holographic elements. Trans-cis-trans isomerization driven reorientation and macromolecular motion leads to the formation of surface relief gratings upon exposure to an interference pattern. Fabrication of optical elements based on these polymers will be elaborated.

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

REFERENCES

1. Okada, S., Ohsugi, M., Masaki, A., Matsuda, H., Takaragi, S., and Nakanishi, H., Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 183, 81 (1990).Google Scholar
2. Nakanishi, H., Matsuda, H., Okada, O., and Kato, M., Proc. in Nonlinear Optics of Organics and Semiconductors, Hongo, Japan, 155 (1988).Google Scholar
3. Yang, Y., Lee, J. Y., Miller, P., Li, L., Kumar, J., and Tripathy, S. K., Solid State Communications, 77, 763 (1991).Google Scholar
4. Yang, Y., Lee, J. Y., Kumar, J., Jain, A. K., and Tripathy, S. K., Synth. Met., 49, 439 (1991).Google Scholar
5. Buckley, A., Choe, E., DeMartino, R., Leslie, T., Nelson, G., Stamatoff, J., Stuets, D., and Yoon, H., ACS Polymeric materials: Science and Engineering, 54, 502 (1986).Google Scholar
6. Tsibouklis, J., Werninck, A. R., Shand, A. J., and Milburn, G. H. W., Liquid Crystals, 3, 1393 (1988).Google Scholar
7. Yoshimura, T., Phys. Rev. B, 40, 6292 (1989).Google Scholar
8. Baker, G. L., Klausner, C. F., Shelburne, J. A. III., Schlotter, N. E., Jackel, J. L., Townsend, P. D., and Etemad, S., Synth. Met., 29, 639 (1989).Google Scholar
9. Townsend, P. D., Baker, G. L., Schlotter, N. E., Klausner, C. F., and Etemad, S., Appl. Phys. Lett., 53, 1782 (1988).Google Scholar
10. Russel, T. P., Gugger, H., and Swalen, J. D., J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Phys. Ed., 21, 1745 (1983).Google Scholar
11. Pottiger, M. T. and Coburn, J., Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 227, 187 (1991).Google Scholar
12. Kim, W. H., Bihari, B., Moody, R., Kodali, N. B., Kumar, J., and Tripathy, S. K., Macromolecules, 28, 642 (1994).Google Scholar
13. Todorov, T., Nikolova, L., and Tomova, N., Appl. Opt., 23, 4309 (1984).Google Scholar
14. Eich, M., Wendorff, J. H., Reck, B., and Ringsdorf, H., Makromol. Chem., Rapid Commun., 8, 59 (1987).Google Scholar
15. Eich, M., and Wendorff, J. H., J. Opt. Soc. Am., B:Opt. Phys., 7, 1428 (1990).Google Scholar
16. Wiesner, U., Antonietti, M., Boeffel, C., and Spiess, H. W., Makromol. Chem., 191, 2133 (1990).Google Scholar
17. Natansohn, A., Rochon, P., Gosselin, J., and Xie, S., Macromolecules, 25, 2268 (1992).Google Scholar
18. Kim, D. Y., Li, L., Jeng, R. J., Kumar, J., Fiddy, M. A., and Tripathy, S. K., SPIE proc., 1853, 23 (1993).Google Scholar
19. Kim, D. Y., Li, L., Kumar, J., and Tripathy, S. K., Appl. Phys. Lett., 66, 1166 (1995).Google Scholar
20. Rochon, P., Batalla, E., and Natansohn, A., Appl. Phys. Lett., 66, 136 (1995).Google Scholar
21. Mandal, B. K., Jeng, R. J., Kumar, J., and Tripathy, S. K., Makromol. Chem., Rapid Commun., 12, 607 (1991).Google Scholar
22. Kim, D. Y., Li, L., Xiang, X. L., Shivshankar, V., Kumar, J., and Tripathy, S. K., Macromoecules, accepted (1995).Google Scholar
23. Zhang, T. G., Zhang, C. H., and Wong, G. K., J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, 7(3), 902 (1990).Google Scholar
24. Liu, J., Robinson, M. G., Johnson, K. M., Walba, D. M., Ros, M. B., Clark, N., Shao, A. R., and Doroski, D., J. Appl. Phys., 70, 3426 (1991).Google Scholar