Address: | Facultad de Ciencias, C/ Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza |
Country: | Spain |
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Organisation type: | Academic |
Storage activities: | study of materials and systems for optical data storage and processing |
Profile: | In the Polymers For Optical Applications group, research fields of interest include photoaddressable polymers for optical storage and non-linear optics of organic molecules and polymers. The search of materials for non-linear optical applications requires the characterization of non-linear chromophores and the deep study of the molecular structure-non-linearity relationships. In this field, one of the most interesting bulk organic materials are polymers with non-linear moieties. The study of their non-linear response as a function of the composition and processing conditions is one of our research lines. We can measure the second order non-linear coefficients of molecules by using the EFISH technique. The excitation wavelength range covers the IR up to 2 microns (Q- switched Nd:YAG laser + frequency doubler + dye laser + H2 Raman cell). In the case of chromophores containing polymers, the non-linear macroscopic response can be measured during and after the poling processes (electric Corona and photo-assisted poling) and the non-linear coefficients can be obtained. One of our major research projects is on materials and systems for optical data storage and processing. |
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Tel: | +34 976 761230 |
Fax: | +34 976 761229 |