title: High-optical-quality blends of anionic polymethine salts and polycarbonate with enhanced third-order non-linearities for silicon-organic hybrid devices.
abstract: A series of anionic polymethine dyes with different aromatic counterions are prepared to improve their compatibility as guests in an amorphous polycarbonate host. When they are used as the cladding material for silicon hybrid slot waveguides, four-wave mixing wavelength conversion and two-photon absorption-based optical-power modulation are observed. Such guest-host materials may be attractive candidates for all-optical signal-processing applications.
authors: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
authors: Zhong'an
authors: Z
authors: Li
authors: Yang
authors: Y
authors: Liu
authors: Hyeongeu
authors: H
authors: Kim
authors: Joel M
authors: JM
authors: Hales
authors: Sei-Hum
authors: SH
authors: Jang
authors: Jingdong
authors: J
authors: Luo
authors: Tom
authors: T
authors: Baehr-Jones
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Hochberg
authors: Seth R
authors: SR
authors: Marder
authors: Joseph W
authors: JW
authors: Perry
authors: Alex K-Y
authors: AK
authors: Jen
mesh_terms: D000838:Anions; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D045424:Complex Mixtures / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008422:Materials Testing; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D011076:Polycarboxylate Cement / Q000737:chemistry*; D012492:Salts / Q000737:chemistry; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D004396:Coloring Agents; D045424:Complex Mixtures; D007211:Indoles; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D011076:Polycarboxylate Cement; D012492:Salts; C005506:polycarbonate; C098209:VPM chloride; D012825:Silicon