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US 6,582,807 B2Granted
Polymer 1D photonic crystals
AssigneeCase Western Reserve University
InventorsEric Baer, P. Anne Hiltner, James S. Shirk
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Abstract
A multilayer nonlinear dielectric optical structure is formed by coextruding at least two polymeric materials, components (a) and (b), using a multiplying element; the structure contains a plurality of alternating layers (A) and (B) represented by formula (AB)x, where x=2n, and n is the number of multiplying elements; at least one of the components (a) and (b) exhibits nonlinear optical response. These structures perform a variety of nonlinear optical functions including all-optical switching and passive optical limiting.
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A multilayer structure comprising,
- a plurality of at least two alternating layers A and B represented by formula (AB)x, where x=2n, and n is in the range of from 4 to 15;
- wherein layer A is comprised of component (a) and layer B is comprised of component (b);
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- wherein at least one of components (a) and (b) exhibits nonlinear optical response;
- and wherein said component (a) is a polymeric material (A) and said component (b) is said polymeric material (A) containing a nonlinear dye.
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