Abstract
In this work the authors investigated the second order nonlinear optical properties of a group of Disperse Red 1 based electro-optic fluorinated copolymers, synthesized with two fluorinated monomers: the α-fluoroacrylate monomer bearing an adamantane side group and the α-fluoroacrylate monomer bearing the Disperse Red 1 chromophore. By means of nonlinear ellipsometry at λ=1550nm, the poling induced electro-optic tensor main component r33 was determined. The polymer’s thermostability was investigated by means of the temperature scanning and isothermal relaxation techniques, leading to the determination of the depolarization temperature Tdep=136°C, corresponding to an activation energy for the relaxation of the orientational distribution of the active chromophores EA=105kcal∕mol. The increased thermostability of the copolymer, given by the adamantane side group, is then compared with that of other two groups of fluorinated copolymers.
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