| Title | Photostability of nonlinear optical polymers |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | Raymond, S.G., Wang H., Williams G.V.M., and Kay A.J. |
| Conference Name | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Date Published | 2008 |
| Keywords | Anti oxidants, Chromophores, Computer networks, Nanostructured materials, Non-linear optical polymers, Nonlinear optical (NLO), Nonlinear programming, number densities, Photo-stability, photodegradation, Photonic materials, Photostabilities, Pigments, Polyimides, Polymers, Spectral responses |
| Abstract | The photostabilities of a series of nonlinear optical (NLO) polyimides containing two different chromophores were measured at 655 nm where the spectral response is dominated by separated chromophores rather than J-aggregation. We investigated the effect of ring-locking of the chromophore conjugated backbone, variations in the chromophore number density and the incorporation of an anti-oxidant. We found that none of these modifications altered the initial photodegradation at 655 nm. |
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| DOI | 10.1117/12.759257 |
