Polymers for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics Book

	Preface
	In Memoriam
1	Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Polymers: An Overview	1
2	Design and Properties of High-Temperature Second-Order Optical Chromophores	22
3	Hyperpolarizabilities of Push-Pull Polyenes: Molecular Orbital and Valence-Bond Charge-Transfer Models	45
4	Solvent Effects on the Molecular Quadratic Hyperpolarizabilites	57
5	Characterization of Nonlinear Optical Chromophores in Solution	66
6	Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Second-Order Optical Properties of the Chromophore Retinal and Its Derivatives: Modeling the Bacteriorhodopsin Binding Pocket	82
7	Design and Synthesis of Thermally Stable Chromophores with Low Absorption at Device Operating Wavelengths	95
8	Thermally Stable Nonlinear Optical Moiety-Doped Polyimides for Photonic Devices	111
9	Design and Synthesis of a Polar Dipyrromethene Dye	120
10	High-Temperature Nonlinear Polyimides for [actual symbol not reproducible] Applications
11	Highly Efficient and Thermally Stable Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Chromophores and Electrooptic Polymers	147
12	Techniques of Ultrastructure Synthesis Relevant to the Fabrication of Electrooptic Modulators
13	Development of Functionalized Polyimides for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics	172
14	Advances in Main-Chain Syndioregic Nonlinear Optical Polymers
15	Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Interpenetrating Polymer Networks	198
16	Aromatic Heterocyclic Rings as Active Components in the Design of Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Chromophores	205
17	Nonlinear Optical Properties of Poly(1,4-phenylenevinylene) and Its Derivatives	223
18	All-Optical Poling of Polymers for Phase-Matched Frequency Doubling	240
19	Photo-Induced Poling of Polar Azo Dyes in Polymeric Films: Toward Second-Order Applications	255
20	Determination of the Second Harmonic Coefficients of Birefringent Poled Polymers	275
21	Stark Spectroscopy as a Tool for the Characterization of Poled Polymers for Nonlinear Optics	288
22	Pyroelectrical Investigation of Nonlinear Optical Polymers with Uniform or Patterned Dipole Orientation	304
23	Quantitative, Rational Predictions of the Long-Term Temporal Decay Properties of Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Polymers from the Analysis of Relaxation Dynamics	318
24	Optical Damage in Nonlinear Optical Polymer Waveguides	333
25	Polyimides for Electrooptic Applications	346
26	Electrooptic Cardo-Type Polymers with High Glass-Transition Temperatures	356
27	Nonlinear Optical Activity Relaxation Energetics in a Polyether Thermoplastic Nonlinear Optical Polymer with a High Glass-Transition Temperature
28	Guest-Host Cross-linked Polyimides for Integrated Optics	381
29	Bifunctional Dyes for Cross-linked Nonlinear Optical Polymers	401
30	Integration of Electrooptic Polymers in Optoelectronic Devices	414
31	Polymer Electrooptic Waveguide Fabrication	420
32	Advances in Organic Polymer-Based Optoelectronics	436
33	Electrooptic Polymer Mach-Zehnder Modulators: High-Speed Analog and Digital Considerations	456
34	Second Harmonic Generation by Counter-Directed Guided Waves in Poled Polymer Waveguides	469
35	Second Harmonic Femtosecond Pulse Generation in Nonlinear Polymer Thin-Film Structures	484
36	Periodic Domain Inversion in Thin Nonlinear Optical Polymer Films for Second Harmonic Generation	498
37	Cascading of Second-Order Nonlinearities: Concepts, Materials, and Devices	509
	Author Index	523
	Affiliation Index	525
	Subject Index	526