Electro-optic characterization of two novel organic materials in thin polymeric films

…, I Spiliopoulos, P Karastatiris, J Mikroyannidis

Index: Anestopoulos; Tsigaridas; Persephonis; Giannetas; Spiliopoulos; Karastatiris; Mikroyannidis Chemical Physics Letters, 2004 , vol. 390, # 1-3 p. 98 - 103

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Abstract

The linear electro-optic coefficients (Pockels coefficients) of two novel organic chromophores, doped in thin films of poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA), are determined through a simple experimental method based on a waveguide sample geometry. A DC electric field is applied onto each polymeric film inducing birefringence. This varies the polarization state of a laser beam passing through the film. Measuring these variations, ...