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Nonlinear optical materials and devices

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An electrooptic or optical parametric device comprises a noncrystalline second order optically nonlinear element and means for providing an optical input to and an optical output from said element wherein said element comprises an organic molecule having second order optical susceptibility incorporated in a directionally oriented manner in an optically clear glassy polymer as discussed by the authors.
Abstract
An electrooptic or optical parametric device comprises a noncrystalline second order optically nonlinear element and means for providing an optical input to and an optical output from said element wherein said element comprises an organic molecule having second order optical susceptibility incorporated in a directionally oriented manner in an optically clear glassy polymer. When said device is employed in an electrooptic mode it includes means for applying an electric field and/or optical input to said element for altering an optical property thereof.

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Organic Polymeric and Non-Polymeric Materials with Large Optical Nonlinearities

TL;DR: In this paper, the electronic origins of nonlinear optical effects in organic π electronic systems are reviewed, with special emphasis being given to second-order nonlinear effects, and the critical relationships of the propagation characteristics of light to observed non-linear optical effect and to solid-state structure are discussed.
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TL;DR: An optically transparent solid solution comprising a homogeneous blend of an organic compound component which exhibits nonlinear optical response, and a thermo-plastic polymer component which contains a recurring mono-meric unit corresponding to the formula is presented in this paper.