Radiation resistance of a gamma-ray irradiated nonlinear optic chromophore

Cheng Zhang; Edward W. Taylor

doi:10.1117/1.3272920

1 November 2009 Radiation resistance of a gamma-ray irradiated nonlinear optic chromophore

Cheng Zhang, Edward W. Taylor

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Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 3, Issue 1, 031860 (November 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3272920

Abstract

The radiation resistance of organic electro-optic and optoelectronic materials for space applications is receiving increased attention. An earlier investigation reported that guest-host poled polymer EO modulator devices composed of a phenyltetraene bridge-type chromophore in amorphous polycarbonate (CLD/APC) did not exhibit a decrease in EO response (i.e., an increase in modulation-switching voltage- _Vπ) following irradiation by low dose [10-160 krad(Si)] ⁶⁰Co gamma-rays. To provide further evidences to the observed radiation stability, the post-irradiation responses of ⁶⁰Co gamma-rays on CLD1/APC thin films are examined by various chemical and spectroscopic methods including: a solubility test, thin-layer chromatography, proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, UV-vis absorption, and infra-red absorption. The results indicate that CLD1 and APC did not decompose under gamma-ray irradiation at dose levels ranging from 66-274 krad(Si) and from 61-154 krad(Si), respectively which support the previously reported data.

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Cheng Zhang and Edward W. Taylor "Radiation resistance of a gamma-ray irradiated nonlinear optic chromophore," Journal of Nanophotonics 3(1), 031860 (1 November 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3272920

Published: 1 November 2009

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