Synthesis of substituted azobenzene oligomers and coiviparisions of their third-order nonlinearities to a substituted azobenzene polymer

摘要

Azobenzene compounds have received considerable interest due to their excellent solubility and use in optical applications, such as optical switching' and reversible data storage.: Recently, we reported a synthesis and a spectroscopic study of a substituted azobenzene monomer and polymer that incorporated an azo group into a rigid and conjugated backbone.