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Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (6): 1091-1094.

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Properties of DR1/PMMA-co-GMA for High Speed Electro-optical Switch

CAO Zi-jian1, JIN Lin1, WANG Xi-bin1, CUI Zhan-chen2, ZHANG Da-ming1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Superamolecular Structure and Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
  • Received:2012-01-16 Revised:2012-04-01 Online:2012-11-25 Published:2012-11-09
  • Contact: ZHANG Da-ming E-mail:zhangdm@jlu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61107019, 61177027, 61077041, 60807029), the Science Foundation for Young Scientists of Jilin Province, China(No. 20100174), the Science and Technology Development Plan of Jilin Province, China(No.20110315) and the Program for Special Funds of Basic Science & Technology of Jilin University, China(Nos.201103071, 201100253, 200905005).

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Abstract:

A non-linear optical(NLO) material was synthesized by means of a simple method. This material can be applied in electro-optical(EO) devices, such as EO switches and modulators. The Disperse Red 1(DR1) was doped in polymethyl-methacrylate-co-glycidyl methacrylate(PMMA-co-GMA) as the NLO active chromophore. The synthesis process and material structure were expressed. The thermal properties, surface morphology and optical characteristics of the material were investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry(DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), atomic force microscopy(AFM), and m-lines technique. Using the reflection technique, the value of the electro-optical coefficient γ33 was measured as 11 pm/V at a wavelength of 1310 nm. An EO switch with nanosecond response based on this material has been fabricated.

Key words: Disperse Red 1/polymethyl-methacrylate-co-glycidyl methacrylate(DR1/PMMA-co-GMA), Electro-optical switch, Thermal stability, Optical property