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Side chain copolymers exhibiting nonlinear optical response

US5041509A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 7, 1990
Grant dateAug 20, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 7, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08F220/34
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention provides novel side chain copolymers which exhibit nonlinear optical response, and which have utility as a transparent optical component in all-optical and electrooptical light switch and light modulator devices. An invention side chain copolymer is illustrated by the following structure: ##STR1##

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