Wavelength dependence of irreversible photobleaching of dye-doped polymer waveguide materials

Ed McKenna; Jiuzhi Xue; Regis Fan; Lou Bintz; Raluca Dinu; Alan Mickelson

doi:10.1364/ao.44.003063

Wavelength dependence of irreversible photobleaching of dye-doped polymer waveguide materials

Appl Opt. 2005 May 20;44(15):3063-8. doi: 10.1364/ao.44.003063.

Authors

Ed McKenna¹, Jiuzhi Xue, Regis Fan, Lou Bintz, Raluca Dinu, Alan Mickelson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0425, USA. edward.mckenna@colorado.edu

PMID: 15929299
DOI: 10.1364/ao.44.003063

Abstract

We report the irreversible bleaching characteristics of 4-(dicyanomethylene)-2-methyl-6-(p-dimethyl aminostyryl)-4H-pyran (DCM) doped into perfluorocyclobutene (PFCB) and a new material known as DH-6 doped into amorphous polycarbonate (APC) by a monochromatic bleaching source. The wavelength dependent rate constants for the irreversible bleaching process are found, and the experimental bleaching characteristics are compared to the theoretical bleaching characteristics determined from a kinetic model of the bleaching process.