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Conjugated polymers, for example polydiacetylenes and polythiophenes, possess a relatively large nonlinear refractive index together with an ultrafast relaxation time of this nonlinearity. In the infrared wavelength regions interesting for optical communication they show enhanced response due to multi-photon resonances. By comparing optically similar, but chemically different materials qualitative structure-properties relations can be derived with a view to improving the material response. Using conventional thin film deposition techniques known from microelectronics optical waveguiding structures can be fabricated, leading to the development of polymeric all- optical switching devices.
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Blau, W.J. (1992). Nonlinear Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers. In: Kuzmany, H., Mehring, M., Roth, S. (eds) Electronic Properties of Polymers. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 107. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84705-9_34
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