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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438110803321

Autore

Alicante Raquel

Titolo

Photoinduced modifications of the nonlinear optical response in liquid crystalline azopolymers : doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Zaragoza, Spain / / Rapuel Alicante

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

1-283-69759-9

3-642-31756-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Springer theses, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

621.36/61

Soggetti

Nonlinear optics

Electromagnetic waves

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and Basic Theory -- Experimental Methods.- Nonlinear Optical Molecular Response -- Piperazine Azopolymer Thin Films -- Films of Doped Low Polar Azopolymers -- Nonlinear Optical Gratings -- General Conclusions -- Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

Nonlinear optical (NLO) phenomena such as frequency conversion have played a key role in the development of photonic technologies. This thesis reports a detailed study of the molecular response of a large variety of push-pull organic compounds using the Second Harmonic Generation technique, which will serve as a starting point for the investigation at the macroscopic scale of azobenzene-based liquid crystalline polymeric films and their blends with highly efficient NLO chromophores. These materials are designed with the aim of exploiting their photo-addressability in order to tailor their nonlinear behaviour. The magnitude and symmetry of their nonlinear response was successfully controlled via light irradiation and thermal treatments. Moreover, as a specific application, the recording of efficient NLO gratings was achieved and is described here.