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New Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Polymers for Nonlinear Optics Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

William N. Thurmes ,
Kundalika M. More ,
Rohini T. Vohra ,
Michael D. Wand ,
David M. Walba  and
Patrick Keller
William N. Thurmes
Affiliation:
Displaytech, Inc., 2200 Central Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80301
Kundalika M. More
Affiliation:
Displaytech, Inc., 2200 Central Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80301
Rohini T. Vohra
Affiliation:
Displaytech, Inc., 2200 Central Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80301
Michael D. Wand
Affiliation:
Displaytech, Inc., 2200 Central Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80301
David M. Walba
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309–0215
Patrick Keller
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309–0215
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Abstract

Initial results of a project directed towards the design and synthesis of ferroelectric liquid crystal polymers (FLCPs) for second order nonlinear optics (NLO) applications are described. FLCP glasses represent a novel type of solid, a truly noncrystalline solid with thermodynamically stable polar order. FLCPs with useful magnitude of the second order susceptibility χ(2) and processability not possible with poled polymers or crystals have been obtained.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 392: Symposium U – Thin Films for Integrated Optics Applications , 1995 , 147
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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