Topics

• Materials synthesis and characterization
• Processing techniques
• Measurement techniques
• Theory of nonlinear optical polymers
• Poled nonlinear optical polymers
• Organic crystals
• Nonlinear optical interactions and applications
• Langmuir-Blodgett and self-assembled films
• Second-order, third order, and photorefractive materials
• Polymer optical fibers
• Electroluminescent polymers and organics and LED structures
• Poling/relaxation dynamics and other reliability issues
• Photonic device fabrication techniques
• Waveguiding in organic thin films
• Waveguiding photonic device applications
• Passive polymer waveguide device applications