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Observation of Photorefractive Effect in a Second Order Nonlinear Optical Chromophore Functionalized Polythiophene Derivative

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We report the observation of photorefractive (PR) effect in a solution processable, thiophene copolymer with a side chain nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophore, poly(3-octylthiophene-co-N-(3-thenyl)-4-amino-2-nitrophenol) [POMDT]. The copolymer exhibits moderately fast photoconductivity. When doped with second order NLO active azo dye, this copolymer exhibited large second order NLO activity, and low asymmetric two beam coupling (TBC) gain. Enhanced TBC gain was observed, when this composite material was plasticized. The observed photorefractive response time is of the order of seconds. The slower response is attributed to the presence of large volume fraction of the plasticizer in the composition, which reduces the charge carrier mobility. The results from photoconductivity, second harmonic generation and two beam coupling experiments are discussed.

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The authors acknowledge Drs. D. J. Sandman, J. Chen and S. Martrunkakul for helpful discussions. Financial support from the NSF is also gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Center for Advanced Materials, Departments of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA

    K. G. Chittibabu & S. K. Tripathy

  2. Center for Advanced Materials, Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA

    Z. Chen & J. Kumar

  3. Molecular Technologies Inc., Westford, MA, 01886, USA

    L. Li

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Chittibabu, K.G., Li, L., Chen, Z. et al. Observation of Photorefractive Effect in a Second Order Nonlinear Optical Chromophore Functionalized Polythiophene Derivative. MRS Online Proceedings Library 413, 293–298 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-413-293

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