Abstract
Self-assembled chromophoric multilayers having large second-order optical nonlinearities can be combined with linear guiding materials such as polymethylmethacrylate to produce two-component frequency doubling waveguides. This approach introduces considerable flexibility in optimizing the trade-off between the overlap of waveguide mode profiles and linear absorption. Extremely low waveguide propagation losses can be achieved because electric field poling and the accompanying poling-induced optical scattering are obviated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1941-1943 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue number | 15 |
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| State | Published - 14 Apr 1997 |