Second-order nonlinear optical activity vs. chromophore content in simple organic glass/PMMA system

Abstract

A simple organic glass with a connection of two nonlinear optical (NLO) moieties was synthesized by condensation reaction of alkyl-substituted dibenzaldehyde with barbituric acid. This organic glass with T-g of 81 degrees C was formed to be optically transparent films without any phase separation even at the highest chromophore content (100 wt% loading without host matrix). The second-order NLO properties with various organic glass/PMMA composition systems were systematically studied by Maker fringe method at a wavelength of 1064 nm. We demonstrate that second-order optical nonlinearity of this organic glass/PMMA system can be progressively enlarged with increasing chromophore loading from 0 to 100 wt%. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.