• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.25-32
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• 2000

Comparisons are made between the first hyperpolarizability $\beta$ of pure N-(4-nitrophenyl)-(L)-prolinol (NPP) and poly (methyl metacrylate) (PMMA) or poly-p-(phenylene terephthalates) (PPT) with NPP side group determined with two different methods, electric-field-induced second-harmonic generation (EFISHG) and hyper-Rayleigh scattering (HRS) methods. Both techniques yield the same values within the experimental errors for pure NPP and NPP-PMMA in 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane solution. But the measured results of NPP-PPT polymer in 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane solution are showing that the first hyperpolarizability was enhanced with an enhencement of a factor 9.7 in EFISHG and a factor 2.4 in HRS relative to pure NPP. These results indicate that nonlinear optical chromophores organized as side groups of polymers with a rigid backbone contribute coherently to the secondorder nonlinear response of the polymer in the dc electric field as polar polymer chains. hains.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.704-709
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• 1998

Non-linear optical polymer based on poly (${\alpha}$-methylstyrene-co-maleic anhydride) (MSMA) substrate polymer was prepared by polymer reaction method and its thermal and electro-optic properties were examined. In the polymer reaction between MSMA substrate polymer and 2-[4-(4-nitrophenylazo)-N-ethylphenylamino]ethanol (DR1) chromophore, the degree of substitution of DR1 into MSMA was higher with the 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) as catalyst and 3-dicyclohexyl carbodiimide (DCC) as dehydrating agent (sample, MSMA-DC) than the one with just 4-dimethylaminopyridine as catalyst (sample, MSMA-D). The synthesized NLO polymer (MSMA-DC) exhibited electro-optic coefficient of 18 pm/V (632.8 nm) and glass transition temperature ($T_g$) of about $175^{\circ}C$.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.168-169
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• 2003

We have determined the orientational distribution functions (OBFs) at both air and substrate isotropic interfaces of a chiral chitosan bio-polymer film by the measurements of surface second-harmonic generation (SHG). It was shown that the simultaneous SHG analysis of both interfaces, based on the macroscopic and microscopic relations, provides all the informations on the nonlinear optical (NLO) activity. (omitted)

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.47-50
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• 1999

Nonlinear optical properties of an unsaturated polymer (poly trifluroethy dipropargy malonate) are investigated by using a passive Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. Double-peaked structure of phase conjugate signals due to the two-photon-absorption induced thermal effect is clearly is clearly observed and a simple method to remove the thermal effect from the overall phase-conjugate signals is demonstrated.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2001.02a
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• pp.228-229
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• 2001

Electroluminescent polymers have attracted considerable attention due to possible applications as large-area light-emitting displays. There have been many efforts to improve the electroluminescent efficiency. To design the polymer with high efficiency, it is necessary to understand the luminescent mechanism. In this report, we have investigated two-photon absorption(2PA) characteristics of highly efficient electroluminescent polymer using various techniques such as nonlinear transmission, 2PA-induced photoluminescence(2PA-PL) and 2PA-induced photoconductivity(2PA-PC). (omitted)

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.1509-1514
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• 2010

Methyl 3,4-di-(2'-hydroxyethoxy)benzylidenecyanoacetate (3) was prepared and condensed with terephthaloyl chloride to yield novel Y-type polyester (4) containing 3,4-dioxybenzylidenecyanoacetate groups as NLO-chromophores, which constituted parts of the polymer main chains. The resulting polymer 4 is soluble in common organic solvents such as acetone and N,N-dimethylformamide. Polymer 4 shows thermal stability up to $280^{\circ}C$ in thermogravimetric analysis with glass-transition temperature obtained from differential scanning calorimetry near $105^{\circ}C$. The second harmonic generation (SHG) coefficient ($d_{33}$) of poled polymer films at the 1064 nm fundamental wavelength is around 2.42 pm/V. The dipole alignment exhibits high thermal stability up to near $T_g$, and there is no SHG decay below $100^{\circ}C$ due to the partial main-chain character of polymer structure, which is acceptable for NLO device applications.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.1080-1084
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• 2009

Methyl 2,4-di-(2'-hydroxyethoxy)benzylidenecyanoacetate (3) was prepared and polymerized with terephthaloyl chloride to yield a novel Y-type polyester 4 containing 2,4-dioxybenzylidenecyanoacetate groups as NLOchromophores, which constituted parts of the polymer backbone. The resulting polymer 4 is soluble in common organic solvents such as acetone and N,N-dimethylformamide. Polymer 4 showed thermal stability up to 280 ${^{\circ}C}$ in thermogravimetric analysis with glass-transition temperature obtained from differential scanning calorimetry near 108 ${^{\circ}C}$. The second harmonic generation (SHG) coefficient ($d_{33}$) of poled polymer films at the 1064 nm fundamental wavelength was around $3.54\;{\time}\;10^{-9}$ esu. The dipole alignment exhibited a thermal stability up to near $T_g$ and no significant SHG decay was observed below 100 ${^{\circ}C}$ due to the partial main-chain character of polymer structure, which is acceptable for NLO device applications.

• Macromolecular Research
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.484-489
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• 2004

We have prepared a phenothiazine-based nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophore that displays a fairly high microscopic nonlinearity through intramolecular charge transfer. The phenothiazine unit plays important roles of contributing its high electron donating ability and connecting the resonance pathway through a conjugative effect in the cyclized ring adjacent to the aromatic ring. Theoretical calculations and an absorption spectroscopic study provided useful information concerning the microscopic nonlinearity of the chromophores. We investigated the electro-optic (EO) properties of the guest-host systems in amorphous polycarbonate containing the synthesized chromophores at different concentrations under different poling temperatures. A real-time pole and probe method provided a much greater amount of information regarding how the EO properties can arise and how they can be optimized.

• Macromolecular Research
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• v.16 no.8
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• pp.741-744
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• 2008

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.188-194
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• 1999

We synthesized the nonlinear optical (NLO) PI-SOT(polyimide system, 4-[N,N-bis(hydroxyethyl)amino-4,-($\beta$-cyano-$\beta$-methylsulfonyl)vinyl]azobenzene) polymer with high electro-optic coefficients as well as good thermal and temporal stabilities of the elector-optic coefficient ${\gamma}_33$ by the simple Mitsunobu reaction. By using the simple reflection method of C. C. Teng, we measured the thermal and temporal stabilities of the electro-optic coefficient ${\gamma}_33$ of corona-poled PI-SOT polymer at the wavelength of 632.8 nm and 852 nm, respectively. At the temperature of $20^{\circ}C$, the electro-optic coefficient ${\gamma}_33$ of corona-poled PI-SOT polymer were 25.12 pm/V at the wavelength of 632.8 nm and 5.40 pm/V at the wavelength of 852 nm. These values were highly stabilized for more than 60 days at 2$0^{\circ}C$ and stabilized within 6% for more than 10 hours at $100^{\circ}C$.