Systematic behavior of electro-optic chromophore photostability

A. Galvan-Gonzalez (1) , Michael Canva (2, 1) , G.I. Stegeman (1) , Robert Twieg (3) , Tony C. Kowalczyk (4) , Xuan Q. Zhang (4) , Hilary S. Lackritz (4) , Seth Marder (5) , S. Thayumanavan (5)

1 CREOL - Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers
2 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Macsybio
3 Department of Chemistry
4 Gemfire Corporation
5 Department of Chemistry [Tucson]

The wavelength dependence of the one-photon absorption-induced photodegradation rate has been measured from the visible to the near IR for a variety of electro-optic chromophore-doped polymers. Systematic behavior is identif ied. The lifetime of the electro-optic activity is found to increase exponentially over 4-6 orders of magnitude for wavelengths ranging from peak of absorption, typically in the visible, to _1000 nm. Many popular chromophores developed for electro-optics over the past 10 years are compared.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

A. Galvan-Gonzalez, Michael Canva, G.I. Stegeman, Robert Twieg, Tony C. Kowalczyk, et al.. Systematic behavior of electro-optic chromophore photostability. Optics Letters, 2000, 25 (5), pp.332-334. ⟨hal-00668013⟩