In situ second harmonic generation measurements of poled fluorinated polymer films

Khaled Aljoumaa; Eléna Ishow; Jianfu Ding; Yinghua Qi; Michael Day; Jacques A. Delaire

doi:10.1117/12.662834

20 April 2006 In situ second harmonic generation measurements of poled fluorinated polymer films

Khaled Aljoumaa, Eléna Ishow, Jianfu Ding, Yinghua Qi, Michael Day, Jacques A. Delaire

Proceedings Volume 6192, Organic Optoelectronics and Photonics II; 619214 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.662834
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2006, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

New fluorinated poly(arylene ether sulfone)s (FPAES) and poly (arylene ether ketone)s (FPAEK) with two types of NLO chromophores as pendant groups were obtained by a polycondensation reaction carried out using very mild reaction conditions. The glass transition temperature (Tg) of these copolymers is between 168 and 190°C. The SHG intensity was measured during thermal corona poling : the dipole orientation starts at 100°C, and reaches a maximum at 160°C, which is lower than Tg. During cooling of the film under the applied electric field, we observed an unusual drop of the SHG intensity starting at 120°C and reaching 70 % of the maximum value. The physical origin of this drop has been investigated and is possibly attributable to a secondary phase transition of the copolymers. Despite this decrease, d33 coefficients measured after poling vary between 2 and 15 pm/V at 1907 nm fundamental wavelength, depending on the first hyperpolarisability of the NLO chromophore. The dipole orientation of all these copolymers is very stable provided the temperature of the films is kept below the temperature threshold of 120 °C, which is below the Tg of the polymers.

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Khaled Aljoumaa, Eléna Ishow, Jianfu Ding, Yinghua Qi, Michael Day, and Jacques A. Delaire "In situ second harmonic generation measurements of poled fluorinated polymer films", Proc. SPIE 6192, Organic Optoelectronics and Photonics II, 619214 (20 April 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.662834

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