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Non-linear optical device

US4965020A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 4, 1987
Grant dateOct 23, 1990
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Expiry dateFeb 4, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/3612
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Optical elements comprising a non-centrosymmetric compound comprising an electron donor and an electron acceptor linked by a conjugated bridging group, in which the electron acceptor is a nitroso group, in which element the molecules of the compound are aligned so that the element has a net non-centrosymmetry, a method for their preparation, optical devices comprising such elements, and some of the compounds.

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