Advanced Materials, Vol.7, No.5, 463-465, 1995
SURFACE-EMITTING SHG LIGHT BY COUNTER PROPAGATION OF GUIDED-WAVES IN A PLANE-PARALLEL POLED DANS SIDE-CHAIN POLYMER
Large nonlinear optical coefficients and easy processing and fabrication techniques make organic materials, especially polymers, very attractive candidates for counter propagating mixing applications. Here a spin-coated waveguide based on a 4-dimethylamino-4'-nitrostilbene side chain polymer is shown to generate surface emitted second harmonic light. The preparation of the waveguide, its experimental operation, and the theoretical background are discussed.