Electric-field-induced fabrication of covalently linked second-order nonlinear optical multilayer films on nonconductive substrates

Shiwei Wang; Lisha Zhao; Zhanchen Cui

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2011.09.034

Electric-field-induced fabrication of covalently linked second-order nonlinear optical multilayer films on nonconductive substrates

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2012 Jan 15;366(1):233-235. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.09.034. Epub 2011 Sep 28.

Authors

Shiwei Wang¹, Lisha Zhao², Zhanchen Cui³

Affiliations

¹ Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, PR China. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Key Lab of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China.
³ Key Lab of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, PR China. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 22005346
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.09.034

Abstract

A highly stable second-order nonlinear optical multilayer film was constructed on insulating substrates using the electric-field-induced layer-by-layer assembly technique. The substrates used in this method could be arbitrary. In another, the substrates could be modified with polyanion solution by spin coating as cladding layer. Then, the nonlinear optical multilayer films were assembled on the cladding layer directly by the electric-field-induced layer-by-layer assembly technique. The resulting cross-linked multilayer films fabricated by this method displayed high optical transparency, good thermal stability, and excellent nonlinear optical properties which can be made into waveguide devices directly.