Donor strengthening strategy for FTC-based organic nonlinear chromophore

Xianqing Piao; Xianmin Zhang; Shiyoshi Yokoyama; Hideki Miki; Isao Aoki; Akira Otomo

doi:10.1117/12.871734

4 November 2010 Donor strengthening strategy for FTC-based organic nonlinear chromophore

Xianqing Piao, Xianmin Zhang, Shiyoshi Yokoyama, Hideki Miki, Isao Aoki, Akira Otomo

Proceedings Volume 7846, Quantum and Nonlinear Optics; 784609 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.871734
Event: Photonics Asia 2010, 2010, Beijing, China

Abstract

The molecular chromphores with high first hyperpolarizability values have been reported with the development of conjugated polyene-bridge or thiophene-bridge system and strong tricyano-containing heterocyclic electron acceptors. In this work, we investigated the enhancement of the electro-optic response by introducing various groups, such as OCH3, Ophenel, OTBDMS, etc, as an additional donor part on conventional FTC type donor-π-acceptor molecules. These new type donors exhibited a strong solvatochromic effect, indicating an extra donation to the pi-conjugated bridge, which shifted the charge-transfer absorption of the chromophores to the lower energy region. Furthermore, the simple modification on the donor moiety resulted in a great improvement in the first hyperpolarizability and macroscopic electro-optic coefficient (r₃₃) over the benchmark dialkylamino FTC counterparts. For the real applications, the stronger acceptor was adopted to further increase the r₃₃ and such a chromophore was post-functionalized as side-chain polymer to enhance the temporal stability.

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Xianqing Piao, Xianmin Zhang, Shiyoshi Yokoyama, Hideki Miki, Isao Aoki, and Akira Otomo "Donor strengthening strategy for FTC-based organic nonlinear chromophore", Proc. SPIE 7846, Quantum and Nonlinear Optics, 784609 (4 November 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.871734

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