Progress on these topics is occasionally updated in Coating Materials News (CMN) issues since polymer substrates are being used with greater frequency in displays, solar panels, laminated window glazing, reflectors for illumination, and other optical applications. Injection molded or form cast polymer parts are now mass-produced as economical and light-weight replacements for glass parts. The s...

The effect of the type of polymer used to disperse Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs) on the optical limiting performances of the resulting dispersions was studied. One conjugated polymer Poly(9,9-di-n-hexylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl) (PFO) possessing a flexible backbone, and two conjugated polymers Poly(2,5-dioctylphenylene1,4-ethynylene) (PPE), and Poly(9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-yleneethynylene) (...

We report on neodymium doped LaF3 nanoparticles dispersed in a photo definable polymer. Standard spin coating is used to deposit uniform thin films on a silicondioxide buffer layer, which can be photocured and developed to produce monomode active optical waveguides. Optical properties of the film are obtained using a prism coupling setup, showing low losses of the photosensitive polymer host ma...

Polymer composites are one of the most attractive near-termmeans to exploit the unique properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene. This is particularly true for composites aimed at electronics and photonics, where a number of promising applications have already been demonstrated. One such example is nanotube-based saturable absorbers. These can be used as all-optical switches, optical amplifie...

We demonstrate a polarizer-free electro-optical switch using dye-doped liquid crystal (LC) gels. The mechanism of dye-doped LC gels mainly involves the combination of polymer scattering and dye absorption. However, the domain size of polymer networks, dye concentration, LC concentration, and fabrication process can all affect the phase separation process and thus result in dye-doped LC gels wit...

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Title of Dissertation: STUDIES OF NEAR-FIELD NONLINEAR OPTICAL IMAGING OF THIN FILMS AND TRANSIENT PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY IN CONJUGATED POLYMERS Hongye Liang, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Directed By: Professor Chi Hsiang Lee Professor Christopher Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The dissertation is composed of two parts: 1) near-field nonlinear optical studies of ferroelectric ...