Polymethines with macroscopic optical nonlinearities suitable for all-optical signal processing

Joel M. Hales, Hyeongeu Kim, Stephen Barlow, Yulia A. Getmanenko, Yadong Zhang, Rebecca Giesking, Chad Risko, Shiva Shahin, Khan Kieu, Robert A. Norwood, Nasser Peyghambarian, Jean Luc Brédas, Seth R. Marder, Joseph W. Perry

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Abstract

By preventing aggregation of polymethine molecules at high number density, we have developed organic materials with large third-order nonlinearities and low nonlinear absorption in the near-infrared thereby enabling demonstration of an all-optical signal processing application.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCLEO
Subtitle of host publicationScience and Innovations, CLEO_SI 2014
PublisherOptical Society of America (OSA)
ISBN (Print)9781557529992, 9781557529992
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
EventCLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO_SI 2014 - San Jose, CA, United States
Duration: Jun 8 2014Jun 13 2014

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Other

OtherCLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO_SI 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Jose, CA
Period6/8/146/13/14

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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