SYNTHESIS AND ELECTROOPTICAL PROPERTIES OF METHACRYLATE POLYMERS CONTAINING HEXYL SULFONE STILBENE CHROMOPHORE

Methacrylate polymers bearing pendant stilbene chromophore containing 4'-dialkylamino electron donor and 4-hexylsulfonyl electron acceptor h as been synthesized. Owing to the introduced flexible alkyl chain to t he NLO chromophore terminal group, soluble polymers was obtained up to 64 mol % of chromophore monomer portion in the copolymer. These amorp hous polymers exhibited good film-forming abilities, thermal stability , and excellent optical clarity. The electrooptic coefficient (r(33)) as high as 6.4 pm/V were measured at 1.3 mu m by reflection method. Th ese polymers were easily photobleached by irradiation of light at 350 similar to 450 nm wavelength for lateral confinement in channel wavegu ide.