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Thermally Stable Poled Polymers: Highly Efficient Heteroaromatic Chromophores In High Temperature Polyimides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2011

Alex K-Y. Jen ,
K. Y. Wong ,
V. Pushkara Rao ,
K. Drost ,
Y. M. Cai ,
B. Caldwell  and
R. M. Mininni
Alex K-Y. Jen*
Affiliation:
EniChem AMerica, Inc., 2000 Cornwall Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852.
K. Y. Wong
Affiliation:
EniChem AMerica, Inc., 2000 Cornwall Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852.
V. Pushkara Rao
Affiliation:
EniChem AMerica, Inc., 2000 Cornwall Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852.
K. Drost
Affiliation:
EniChem AMerica, Inc., 2000 Cornwall Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852.
Y. M. Cai
Affiliation:
EniChem AMerica, Inc., 2000 Cornwall Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852.
B. Caldwell
Affiliation:
EniChem AMerica, Inc., 2000 Cornwall Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852.
R. M. Mininni
Affiliation:
EniChem AMerica, Inc., 2000 Cornwall Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852.
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*To whom all correspondence should be addressed.
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Abstract

In this paper, we report our recent developments in achieving thermally stable polyimides that possess large second order nonlinear optical activity. We have developed several classes of novel chromophores based on the combination of efficient thiophene conjugating units and novel electron-donating and electron-accepting functional groups. Through these developments, we have synthesized chromophores that possess non-resonant βμ values as high as 9,100 × 10−48 esu measured at 1.9 μm. These chromophores also possess improved thermal and chemical stabilities. The incorporation of these chromophores in high temperature polyimides produces E-O Materials with high linear electro-optic coefficients (in excess of 15 pm/V at 1.3 μm) and long-term temporal stability at an elevated temperature of 150°C for more than 800 hours.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 328: Symposium Q – Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid State Materials , 1993 , 413
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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Present address: Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

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