Abstract
A new class of cross-linked second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) polymers has been developed by processing a NLO-dye and a polymer similar to conventional ‘doped polymer’ system. Intermolecular cross-linking was carried out by UV radiation subsequent to electric field induced poling of the composite. Cinnamate (C 6H 5 − CH = CH − CO 2 − ) and styrylacrylate (C 6H 5 − CH = CH − CH = CH − CO 2 − moieties are selected as the photoreactive chromophores which are attached to both the NLO molecules at two positions and randomly substituted to a vinyl polymer. The poled cross-linked polymers exhibit stable nonlinear activity over a long period of time as characterized by temporal response of second-harmonic generation signal and UV absorption characteristics.
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