Crosslinkable polymer host containing a nonlinear optical chromophore guest
AssigneeUniversity of Washington
InventorsKwan-Yue Jen, Jingdong Luo, Tae-Dong Kim
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Abstract
Crosslinked films having electro-optic activity, methods for making the films, and devices that include the films. The films include a crosslinked polymer host and guest polarizable chromophore compounds.
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A film having electro-optic activity, comprising a plurality of aligned, polarizable chromophore compounds and a host matrix, wherein the host matrix comprises passive crosslinked polymers, and wherein the passive crosslinked polymers comprise one or more 4+2 cycloaddition crosslinks, wherein each crosslink is formed by 4+2 cycloaddition between a passive crosslinkable polymer and a crosslinking agent that does not include a polarizable chromophore.
A film having electro-optic activity, comprising a plurality of aligned, polarizable chromophore compounds and a host matrix, wherein the host matrix comprises passive crosslinked polymers, and wherein the passive crosslinked polymers comprise one or more 4+2 cycloaddition crosslinks, wherein each crosslink is formed by 4+2 cycloaddition between a passive crosslinkable polymer and a crosslinking agent selected from a bismaleimide or a trismaleimide.
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