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- Lobov, Gleb, et al.
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Electro-optical effects of high aspect ratio P3HT nanofibers colloid in polymer micro-fluid cells
- 2017
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Ingår i: Optics Letters. - : OSA Publishing. - 0146-9592 .- 1539-4794. ; 42:11, s. 2157-2160
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This Letter reports the electro-optical (EO) effect of Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) nanofibers colloid in a polymer micro-fluidic EO cell. P3HT nanofibers are high aspect ratio semiconducting nanostructures, and can be collectively aligned by an external alternating electric field. Optical transmission modulated by the electric field is a manifestation of the electro-optical effect due to high inner crystallinity of P3HT nanofibers. According to our results, the degree of alignment reaches a maximum at 0.6 V/μm of electric field strength, implying a big polarizability value due to geometry and electrical properties of P3HT nanofibers. We believe that one-dimensional crystalline organic nanostructures have a large potential in EO devices due to their significant anisotropy, wide variety of properties, low actuation voltages, and opportunity to be tailored via adjustment of the fabrication process.
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- Marinins, Aleksandrs, et al.
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Cylindrical polymer optical waveguides with polarization independent performance
- 2017
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Ingår i: 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2017 - Proceedings. - : OSA Publishing. - 9781943580279 ; , s. 1-2
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Heating of poly(methyl methacrylate) ridge optical waveguides slightly above glass transition temperature minimizes surface roughness and provides cylindrical shape. We experimentally demonstrate propagation loss decrease and polarization insensitivity as a result of waveguide thermal treatment.
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- Marinins, Aleksandrs, et al.
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Light Converting Polymer/Si Nanocrystal Composites with Stable 60-70% Quantum Efficiency and their Glass Laminates
- 2017
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Ingår i: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1944-8244 .- 1944-8252. ; 9:36, s. 30267-30272
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Thiol-ene polymer/Si nanocrystal bulk hybrids were synthesized from alkyl-passivated Si nanocrystal (Si NC) toluene solutions. Radicals in the polymer provided a co-passivation of “dark” Si NCs, making them optically active and leading to a substantial ensemble quantum yield increase. Optical stability over several months was confirmed. The presented materials exhibit the highest photoluminescence quantum yield (~65%) of any solid-state Si NC hybrid reported to date. The broad tunability of thiol-ene polymer reactivity provides facile glass integration, as demonstrated by a laminated structure. This, together with extremely fast polymerization, makes the demonstrated hybrid material a promising candidate for light converting applications.
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- Marinins, Aleksandrs, 1988-
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Polymer Components for Photonic Integrated Circuits
- 2017
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Optical polymers are a subject of research and industry implementation for many decades. Optical polymers are inexpensive, easy to process and flexible enough to meet a broad range of application-specific requirements. These advantages allow a development of cost-efficient polymer photonic integrated circuits for on-chip optical communications. However, low refractive index contrast between core and cladding limits light confinement in a core and, consequently, integrated polymer device miniaturization. Also, polymers lack active functionality like light emission, amplification, modulation, etc. In this work, we improved a performance of integrated polymer waveguides and demonstrated active waveguide devices. Also, we present novel Si QD/polymer optical materials.In the integrated device part, we demonstrate optical waveguides with enhanced performance. Decreased radiation losses in air-suspended curved waveguides allow low-loss bending with radii of only 15 µm, which is far better than >100 µm for typical polymer waveguides. Another study shows a positive effect of thermal treatment on acrylate waveguides. By heating higher than polymer glass transition temperature, surface roughness is reflown, minimizing scattering losses. This treatment method enhances microring resonator Q factor more than 2 times. We also fabricated and evaluated all-optical intensity modulator based on PMMA waveguides doped with Si QDs.We developed novel hybrid optical materials. Si QDs are encapsulated into PMMA and OSTE polymers. Obtained materials show stable photoluminescence with high quantum yield. We achieved the highest up to date ~65% QY for solid-state Si QD composites. Demonstrated materials are a step towards Si light sources and active devices.Integrated devices and materials presented in this work enhance the performance and expand functionality of polymer PICs. The components described here can also serve as building blocks for on-chip sensing applications, microfluidics, etc.
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