Charge carrier blocking layers for polymer-based electro-optic devices

Fahima Ouchen; Emily Heckman; François Kajzar; Ileana Rau; Larry Dalton; James Grote

doi:10.1117/12.2275826

12 October 2017 Charge carrier blocking layers for polymer-based electro-optic devices

Fahima Ouchen, Emily Heckman, François Kajzar, Ileana Rau, Larry Dalton, James Grote

Proceedings Volume 10355, Nanobiosystems: Processing, Characterization, and Applications X; 103550C (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2275826
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2017, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Electrical resistivity, electron and hole barrier heights and interfaces can significantly affect the efficiency of electric field poling of non-linear optic (NLO) polymers. A combination of uniformity of the electric field distribution, charge carrier blocking and behavior of NLO chromophores can be optimized by introducing buffer layers and/or charge carrier blocking layers between the NLO polymer core layer and the anode and cathode electrodes, maximizing the poling field, chromophore alignment, nonlinearity or electro-optic (EO) coefficient, r33, and yield of the poled NLO polymers.

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Fahima Ouchen, Emily Heckman, François Kajzar, Ileana Rau, Larry Dalton, and James Grote "Charge carrier blocking layers for polymer-based electro-optic devices", Proc. SPIE 10355, Nanobiosystems: Processing, Characterization, and Applications X, 103550C (12 October 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2275826

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