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High performance nonlinear optical substrates
Assignee: CNA Holdings LLC
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Filing: 1985-06-25
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Granted: 1987-11-17
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Expires: 2005-06-25
Abstract
Abstract In one embodiment this invention provides a high performance nonlinear optical substrate which comprises a transparent organic polymer film containing an array of charge asymmetric molecules such as 13,13-diamino-14,14-dicyanodiphenoquinodimethane: ##STR1##
Inventors
- 👤 Alan Buckley
- 👤 Eui W. Choe
- 👤 Dagobert E. Stuetz
- 👤 Anthony F. Garito
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-27 06:41
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07D; C07D498/00; C07D498/02; C07D498/04; C07C; C07C255/00; G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/35; G02F1/355; G02F1/361; G02F1/3611; C07C2603/00; C07C2603/02; C07C2603/40; C07C2603/42; C07C2603/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
49 words
A nonlinear optical organic substrate exhibiting a χ.sup.(2) susceptibility of at least about 3×10 -6 esu, an absence of interfering fluorescence in the wavelength range between about 0.3-3 μm, an optical loss less than about 0.1 decibel per kilometer, and a response time less than about 10 -13 second.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
49 words
A nonlinear optical organic substrate exhibiting a χ.sup.(2) susceptibility of at least about 3×10 -6 esu, an absence of interfering fluorescence in the wavelength range between about 0.3-3 μm, an optical loss less than about 0.1 decibel per kilometer, and a response time less than about 10 -13 second.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
A nonlinear optical organic substrate exhibiting a χ.sup.(2) susceptibility of at least about 3×10 -6 esu, an absence of interfering fluorescence in the wavelength range between about 0.3-3 μm, an optical loss less than about 0.1 decibel per kilometer, a response time less than about 10 -13 second, and phase matching of fundamental and second harmonic frequencies.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
57 words
A nonlinear optical organic substrate exhibiting a χ.sup.(2) susceptibility of at least about 3×10 -6 esu, an absence of interfering fluorescence in the wavelength range between about 0.3-3 μm, an optical loss less than about 0.1 decibel per kilometer, a response time less than about 10 -13 second, and phase matching of fundamental and second harmonic frequencies.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
64 words
A nonlinear optical organic substrate exhibiting a χ.sup.(2) susceptibility of at least about 3×10 -6 esu, an absence of interfering fluorescence in the wavelength range between about 0.3-3 μm, an optical loss less than about 0.1 decibel per kilometer, a response time less than about 10 -13 second, phase matching of fundamental and second harmonic frequencies, and a dielectric constant less than about 5.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
64 words
A nonlinear optical organic substrate exhibiting a χ.sup.(2) susceptibility of at least about 3×10 -6 esu, an absence of interfering fluorescence in the wavelength range between about 0.3-3 μm, an optical loss less than about 0.1 decibel per kilometer, a response time less than about 10 -13 second, phase matching of fundamental and second harmonic frequencies, and a dielectric constant less than about 5.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A nonlinear optical organic substrate in accordance with claim 3 wherein the substrate comprises a noncentrosymmetric configuration of aligned molecules having a diphenoquinodimethane conjugated structure.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A nonlinear optical organic substrate in accordance with claim 4 wherein the diphenoquinodimethane molecules are aligned in a host liquid medium.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A nonlinear optical organic substrate in accordance with claim 4 wherein the diphenoquinodimethane molecules are aligned in a host solid medium.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
A nonlinear optical organic substrate in accordance with claim 4 wherein the aligned molecules correspond to the structure: ##STR10## where R is a substituent selected from hydrogen and alkyl groups.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
A nonlinear optical organic substrate in accordance with claim 4 wherein the aligned molecules correspond to the structure: ##STR11## where R is a substituent selected from hydrogen and alkyl groups.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
An optically transparent medium comprising a noncentrosymmetric or centrosymmetric array of molecules having a charge asymmetric diphenoquinodimethane conjugated structure.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
An optically transparent medium comprising a noncentrosymmetric or centrosymmetric array of molecules having a charge asymmetric diphenoquinodimethane conjugated structure.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
13 words
An optically transparent medium comprising a noncentrosymmetric or centrosymmetric configuration of 13,13-diamino-14,14-dicyanodiphenoquinodimethane molecules.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
13 words
An optically transparent medium comprising a noncentrosymmetric or centrosymmetric configuration of 13,13-diamino-14,14-dicyanodiphenoquinodimethane molecules.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
13 words
An optically transparent medium comprising a noncentrosymmetric or centrosymmetric configuration of 13,13-diamino-14,14-dicyano-4,5,9,10-tetrahydropyrenoquinodimethane molecules.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
13 words
An optically transparent medium comprising a noncentrosymmetric or centrosymmetric configuration of 13,13-diamino-14,14-dicyano-4,5,9,10-tetrahydropyrenoquinodimethane molecules.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
17 words
A nonlinear optical medium comprising a solid polymeric substrate having incorporated therein a distribution of 13,13-diamino-14,14-dicyanodiphenoquinodimethane molecules.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
17 words
A nonlinear optical medium comprising a solid polymeric substrate having incorporated therein a distribution of 13,13-diamino-14,14-dicyanodiphenoquinodimethane molecules.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
16 words
A nonlinear optical medium comprising a solid polymeric substrate having incorporated therein a distribution of 13,13-diamino-14,14-dicyano-4,5,9,10-tetrahydropyrenoquinodimethane.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
16 words
A nonlinear optical medium comprising a solid polymeric substrate having incorporated therein a distribution of 13,13-diamino-14,14-dicyano-4,5,9,10-tetrahydropyrenoquinodimethane.
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