Electro-optic enhancing interfacial buffer layers for nonlinear optic polymers

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

doi:10.1117/12.2219631

25 February 2016 Electro-optic enhancing interfacial buffer layers for nonlinear optic polymers

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

Proceedings Volume 9745, Organic Photonic Materials and Devices XVIII; 974502 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219631
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Here we demonstrate a 3X - 6X increase in the nonlinearity, or electro-optic (EO) coefficient, and a 40% - 85% increase in working device yield, of the nonlinear optic (NLO) polymer disperse red 1:polymethylmethacrylate (DR1:PMMA) by introducing a thin guanine nucleobase interfacial buffer layer, deposited between the NLO polymer and the cathode and a thin bathocuproine (BCP) interfacial buffer layer, deposited between the NLO polymer and the anode. This has the potential to realize significantly higher EO coefficients without the need to synthesize new NLO polymer materials, as well as an increase in device yield due to less failure during poling.

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Fahima Ouchen, Emily Heckman, Larry Dalton, François Kajzar, Ileana Rau, and James Grote "Electro-optic enhancing interfacial buffer layers for nonlinear optic polymers", Proc. SPIE 9745, Organic Photonic Materials and Devices XVIII, 974502 (25 February 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219631

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