Symmetry breaking and creation of second-order optical nonlinearity in polymer films by charge injection

Garry Berkovic; Rami Cohen; Ariela Donval; Barak Lavi; Ruth Yam

doi:10.1117/12.211208

6 June 1995 Symmetry breaking and creation of second-order optical nonlinearity in polymer films by charge injection

Garry Berkovic, Rami Cohen, Ariela Donval, Barak Lavi, Ruth Yam

Proceedings Volume 2426, 9th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211208
Event: Optical Engineering in Israel: 9th Meeting, 1994, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Abstract

We review recent research showing how significant asymmetry and optical nonlinearity (second harmonic generation) can be produced by injection of electric charge into dye/polymer blends. The mechanism for producing the nonlinearity is different from the usual dipolar alignment of the dye in an electrostatic field. Charge injection has been achieved by purely electrical means using `in-plane' electrodes, or photochemically, by irradiating a bilayer structure comprising a photoconductive layer and the polymer/dye layer.

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Garry Berkovic, Rami Cohen, Ariela Donval, Barak Lavi, and Ruth Yam "Symmetry breaking and creation of second-order optical nonlinearity in polymer films by charge injection", Proc. SPIE 2426, 9th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel, (6 June 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211208

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