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Demonstration of Dispersive Optical Bistability With a Third Order Nonlinear Optically Active Polymer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2011

Mark A. Druy,
Guang S. He,
Martin K. Casstevens and
Ryszard Burzynski
Mark A. Druy
Affiliation:
Foster-Miller, Inc., 350 Second Avenue, Waltham, MA 02154
Guang S. He
Affiliation:
Laser Photonics Technology, Inc., 1576 Sweet Home Road, AMherst, NY 14228
Martin K. Casstevens
Affiliation:
Laser Photonics Technology, Inc., 1576 Sweet Home Road, AMherst, NY 14228
Ryszard Burzynski
Affiliation:
Laser Photonics Technology, Inc., 1576 Sweet Home Road, AMherst, NY 14228
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Abstract

Dispersive optical bistability in a Fabry-Perot (F-P) cavity with a third order nonlinear optical polymer was demonstrated. This effort involved the development of several nonlinear optical polyimides and an evaluation of their linear optical and nonlinear optical properties. These Materials were processed into waveguiding films having good homogeniety and optical properties. Several of these films were shown to have desirable third order nonlinearities, while exhibiting good mechanical and environmental stability. Characterization of these materials involved the measurement of their absorption profiles, film thicknesses, optical waveguide propagation constants and nonlinear optical susceptibilities. Based on the measured results, a specific polyimide was chosen and used to demonstrate an all-optical instrinsic bistable device operating at a wavelength of 1.06 μ. Using ∼ 100 ps input pulse widths at 1.06 μ, dispersive optical bistability originating from the induced refractive index change, δn, due to an electronic nonlinearity of the polyimide was observed.

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