High-Voltage Poling of Bulk Guest-Host Polymers

摘要

We describe for the first time the fabrication and poling of a 700 μm thick bulk piece of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) doped with various concentrations of Disperse Red 1 (DR1). Maker fringe analysis demonstrates that poling fields of 57 V/μm to 71 V/um induce substantial ordering of the DR1 chromophores, resulting in birefringence and significant d_(33) and r33 values. The poling of thick sections of guest-host polymers will have applications for a range of electro-optic applications, including modulators and terahertz generation and detection.