Polar self-assembled thin films for non-linear optical materials
The design and synthesis of a family of calix[4]arene-based nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophores are discussed. The calixarene chromophores are macrocyclic compounds consisting of four simple D-{pi}-A units bridged by methylene groups. These molecules were synthesized such that four D-{pi}-A units of the calix[4]arene were aligned along the same direction with the calixarene in a cone conformation. These nonlinear optical super-chromophores were subsequently fabricated into covalently bound self-assembled monolayers on the surfaces of fused silica and silicon. Spectroscopic second harmonic generation (SHG) measurements were carried out to determine the absolute value of the dominant element of the second-order nonlinear susceptibility, d(33), and the average molecular alignment, {Psi}. A value of d(33) = 60 pm/V at a fundamental wavelength of 890 nm, and {Psi}{approximately} 36{degree} was found with respect to the surface normal.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Assignee:
- LANL; EDB-00:014213
- Application Number:
- Int. Cl. G02F 1/35; G02F 2/02; US 6,033,773/A/; 8-844,718; TRN: IM200016%%177
- OSTI ID:
- 20015694
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 7 Mar 2000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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