We report on the chemistry, film preparation properties and amplified spont
aneous emission (ASE) features of a poly(tetramethoxy-phenylenevinylene) (P
TMPV) conjugated polymer blended with a zirconium-organosilicon xerogel gla
ssy matrix. We also report on a waveguide configuration using PTMPV polymer
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