Design and synthesis of chromophores with enhanced electro-optic activities in both bulk and plasmonic–organic hybrid devices
Huajun Xu, Delwin L. Elder, Lewis E. Johnson, Wolfgang Heni, Yovan de Coene, Eva De Leo, Marcel Destraz, Norbert Meier, Wouter Vander Ghinst, Scott R. Hammond, Koen Clays, Juerg Leuthold, Larry R. Dalton, Bruce H. Robinson
Abstract
By tuning donor strength, we produce an organic electro-optic chromophore with high hyperpolarizability, low absorption, and excellent electro-optic activity, which is demonstrated in a plasmonic–organic hybrid modulator with near record low V π L .
Topics & Concepts
ChromophorePolingMaterials scienceHyperpolarizabilityOptoelectronicsPhotochemistryChemistryOrganic chemistryMoleculeDielectricPolarizabilityFerroelectricityNonlinear Optical Materials ResearchPerovskite Materials and ApplicationsOrganic Electronics and Photovoltaics