Side-chain polymers bearing azo-moieties for nonlinear optics

F. Adriana Nicolescu; V. Victor Jerca; Ioan Dancus; Adrian Petris; Valentin I. Vlad; D. Sorin Vasilescu; D. Mircea Vuluga

doi:10.1117/12.869885

12 October 2010 Side-chain polymers bearing azo-moieties for nonlinear optics

F. Adriana Nicolescu, V. Victor Jerca, Ioan Dancus, Adrian Petris, Valentin I. Vlad, D. Sorin Vasilescu, D. Mircea Vuluga

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Proceedings Volume 7838, Optics and Photonics for Counterterrorism and Crime Fighting VI and Optical Materials in Defence Systems Technology VII; 78381B (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.869885
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2010, Toulouse, France

Abstract

In this paper we present a series of side-chain polymers bearing original azo-moieties, namely: poly(methacrylate)s and poly(maleimide-styrene)s; designed for nonlinear optics (NLO). The different classes of azopolymers are discussed comparatively to one another from the point of view of: solubility, molar weights, glass transition temperatures & thermal stability, chromophore contents, and as well as from the point of view of their third-nonlinear response. The third-order nonlinear absorptive and refractive effect of the polymers containing different substituted azobenzene chromophores were investigated by the Z-scan technique. The effect of substituents on the azobenzene group and the composition of the polymer chain were investigated by UV-Vis spectroscopy.

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F. Adriana Nicolescu, V. Victor Jerca, Ioan Dancus, Adrian Petris, Valentin I. Vlad, D. Sorin Vasilescu, and D. Mircea Vuluga "Side-chain polymers bearing azo-moieties for nonlinear optics", Proc. SPIE 7838, Optics and Photonics for Counterterrorism and Crime Fighting VI and Optical Materials in Defence Systems Technology VII, 78381B (12 October 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.869885

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