Local and external factors affecting the photodegradation of 4,N,N'-dimethylamino-4'nitrostilbene (DANS) polymer films

Adriana Galvan-Gonzalez (1) , Michael Canva (2, 1) , George I. Stegeman (1)

1 CREOL - Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers
2 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Macsybio

The photodegradation of the electro-optic chromophore 4N,N'-dimethylamino-4' nitrostilbene was investigated as a function of wavelength, temperature, local atmosphere, and local molecular environment, i.e., attached as a side chain to a polymer or dissolved as a guest in a host polymer

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Adriana Galvan-Gonzalez, Michael Canva, George I. Stegeman. Local and external factors affecting the photodegradation of 4,N,N'-dimethylamino-4'nitrostilbene (DANS) polymer films. Applied Physics Letters, 1999, 75 (21), pp.3306-3308. ⟨10.1063/1.125333⟩. ⟨hal-00668294⟩