Blue transparent second harmonic generator
US5247602A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 14, 1992 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31504
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical article is disclosed comprised of a support including a portion adjacent one major surface which is transparent to the electromagnetic radiation sought to be propagated, an organic layer unit capable of converting a portion of polarized electromagnetic radiation of a selected wavelength to its second harmonic wavelength, means for optically coupling into said organic layer unit polarized electromagnetic radiation of a selected wavelength in its zero order transverse magnetic mode, and means for receiving from the layer unit a portion of the electromagnetic radiation in the form of a first order transverse magnetic mode. The organic layer unit has a thickness which is at least 70 percent cf the wavelength of the zero order transverse magnetic mode and differs by less than 100 .ANG. from the thickness required for identical propagation constants of the zero and first order transverse magnetic modes. The organic layer unit is comprised of a Y-type Langmuir-Blodgett assembly of amphiphiles forming a first Langmuir Blodgett layer unit containing noncentrosymmetric organic molecular dipoles of a first orientation providing a second order polarization susceptibility to the firs…
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