Photonic and Optoelectronic Polymers, Vol. 672 Book

	Preface
1	Linear Optical Anisotropy in Aromatic Polyimide Films and Its Applications in Negative Birefringent Compensators of Liquid Crystal Displays	2
2	Transparent Zero-Birefringence Polymers	16
3	Development of Polymer Optical Waveguides for Photonic Device Applications	30
4	High-Power Polymer Optical Fiber Amplifiers in the Visible Region	47
5	Optimization of Modal and Material Dispersions in High-Bandwidth Graded-Index Polymer Optical Fiber	58
6	Preparation and Characterization of Gradient-Index Polymer Fibers	71
7	Dipole-Dipole Interactions in Controlled-Refractive-Index Polymers	79
8	High-Temperature Nonlinear Optical Chromophores and Polymers	100
9	Highly Stable Copolyimides for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics	123
10	Accordion Polymers for Nonlinear Optical Applications	133
11	Novel Nonlinear Optical Polymers	151
12	Thermal Stability of Nonlinear Optical Chromophores	169
13	Polydiacetylene Microcrystals for Third-Order Nonlinear Optics	183
14	Third-Order Nonlinear Susceptibility of Polydiacetylene-Containing Polymeric Systems	199
15	Organic Polymers for Photorefractive Applications	218
16	Azobenzene-Containing Polymers: Digital and Holographic Storage	236
17	Photofabrication of Surface Relief Gratings	251
18	Photoinduced Refractive Index Changes of Polymer Films Containing Photochromic Dyes and Evaluation of the Minimal Switching Energy	260
19	Molecular Dynamics of Liquid-Crystalline Side-Group Polymers with Fluorine-Containing Azobenzene Chromophores	280
20	The "Plastic Retina": Image Enhancement Using Polymer Grid Triode Arrays	297
21	The Low-Lying Excited States of Luminescent Conjugated Polymers: Theoretical Insight into the Nature of the Photogenerated Species and Intersystem Crossing Processes	308
22	Synthesis and Properties of Novel High-Electron-Affinity Polymers for Electroluminescent Devices	322
23	Polymer Light-Emitting Diode Devices Utilizing Arylene-Vinylene Copolymers as Light-Emitting Materials	345
24	Novel Conjugated Polymers: Tuning Optical Properties by Synthesis and Processing	358
25	Aromatic-Amine-Containing Polymers for Organic Electroluminescent Devices	381
26	Application of Thin Films of Polyaniline and Polypyrrole in Novel Light-Emitting Devices and Liquid-Crystal Devices	395
27	Near-Edge, X-ray-Absorption, Fine-Structure Study of Poly(2,3-diphenylphenylene-vinylene) Following the Deposition of Metal	408
28	Specificity and Limits of Organic-Based Electronic Devices	420
29	Self-Assembled Heterostructures of Electroactive Polymers: New Opportunities for Thin-Film Devices	437
30	Molecular Multilayer Films: The Quest for Order, Orientation, and Optical Properties	445
31	Optical and Photonic Functions of Conjugated Polymer Superlattices and Porphyrin Arrays Connected with Molecular Wires	460
32	Electroactive and Photoactive Nanostructured Materials from Self-Organizing Rod-Coil Copolymers: Synthesis and Electroluminescent Devices	475
33	Novel Optically Responsive and Diffracting Materials Derived from Crystalline Colloidal Array Self-Assembly	495
34	Morphology of Composites of Low-Molar-Mass Liquid Crystals and Polymer Networks	507
35	Novel Multifunctional Polymeric Composites for Photonics	533
	Author Index	547
	Affiliation Index	548
	Subject Index	549