Lithium niobate (LN) is one of the most important synthetic crystals. In the past two decades,
many breakthroughs have been made in material technology, theoretical understanding …

During the last years, significant progress has been achieved in understanding the
mechanism of the photorefractive effect in amorphous organic materials. New chromophores …

Aggregation of polar merocyanine dyes has been identified as an important problem in the
fabrication of organic materials for photonic applications. In this work, a series of …

The present invention relates to lenses that are capable of post-fabrication poWer modi?
cations. In general, the inven tive lenses comprise a? rst polymer matrix and (ii) a refraction …

▪ Abstract Rapid advances in the field of photorefractive polymers and composites have in
the brief time since their inception in 1991 led to the development of high-performance …

Considerable progress has been made in organic photorefractive materials, since the first
observation of photorefractive phenomena from organic materials. Within recent years, a …

Multiarmed nonlinear optical (NLO) molecules containing triphenylamine as a core and 4-(2-
ethylhexylsulfonyl) benzene-(1E)-2-vinyl group or 4-{2-[4-(2-ethylhexylsulfonyl) phenyl]-(1E) …

Second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) materials have played a very important role in laser
technology since the invention of the laser. The materials have been developed from …

A brief survey of the electrical and optical properties of poled polymer electrets for sensors
and photonic applications is given. Semicrystalline ferroelectric polymers are highly suitable …

This paper reports detailed synthesis and characterization of a hybridized polymer system
which combines the ionic transition metal complexes and a conjugated polymer backbone …