Lightwave Logic, Inc.

Electro-optic (EO) devices having an EO polymer core comprising a first host polymer and a first nonlinear optical chromophore (NLOC); and a cladding comprising a second host polymer and a second NLOC, and methods of preparing the same; wherein the first NLOC has a first bridge covalently bonded to an electron-accepting group and an electron-donating group; wherein the second NLOC has a second bridge covalently bonded to an electron-accepting group and an electron-donating group; and wherein the second bridge is less conjugated than the first bridge such that the cladding has an index of refraction that is less than that of the EO polymer core, and wherein the second NLOC is present in the second host polymer in a concentration such that the cladding has a conductivity equal to or greater than at least 10% of the conductivity of the EO polymer core at a poling temperature.

The present disclosure is directed, in general, to (1) nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophores, (2) compositions/materials/resistive layers comprising NLO chromophores, and the methods of making the compositions/materials/resistive layers comprising NLO chromophores (e.g., methods of poling and/or drying, and the like), and (3) uses of NLO chromophores in electro-optic devices (e.g., electro-optic modulators (EOMs)).

The present disclosure is directed, in general, to (1) nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophores containing 3-aminocyclohex-2-en-1-one based donor groups, including (2) compositions/materials/resistive layers comprising NLO chromophores containing 3-aminocyclohex-2-en-1-one based donor groups, and the methods of making the compositions/materials/resistive layers comprising NLO chromophores containing 3-aminocyclohex-2-en-1-one based donor groups (e.g., methods of drying and/or poling, and the like), (3) uses of NLO chromophores containing 3-aminocyclohex-2-en-1-one based donor groups in electro-optic devices (e.g., EOMs).

The present disclosure is directed, in general, to (1) nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophores containing donors with substituents giving high steric hinderance, including (2) compositions/materials/resistive layers comprising NLO chromophores containing donors with substituents giving high steric hinderance, and the methods of making the compositions/materials/resistive layers comprising NLO chromophores containing donors with substituents giving high steric hinderance (e.g., methods of drying and/or poling, and the like), (3) uses of NLO chromophores donors with substituents giving high steric hinderance in electro-optic devices (e.g., EOMs).

The present disclosure is directed, in general, to (1) nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophores, including (2) compositions/materials/resistive layers comprising NLO chromophores, and the methods of making the compositions/materials/resistive layers comprising NLO chromophores (e.g., methods of poling and/or drying, and the like), (3) uses of NLO chromophores in electro-optic devices (e.g., electro-optic modulators (EOMs)). NLO chromophores disclosed herein not only have large EO effect, but also have fast modulation speed. In addition, NLO chromophores disclosed herein have superior photostability and thermal stability compared to other EO Materials. As a consequence, NLO chromophores herein are particularly suited for use as EO materials in connection with low power and small footprint devices, including devices used in data acquisition systems, analog I/O modules, field transmitters, lab and field instrumentation, servo drive control modules, direct current (DC) power supply, alternating current (AC), and/or electronic load.

The present disclosure is directed, in general, to (1) nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophores containing furanyl accepting groups, including (2) compositions/materials/resistive layers comprising NLO chromophores containing furanyl accepting groups, and the methods of making the compositions/materials/resistive layers comprising NLO chromophores containing furanyl accepting groups (e.g., methods of drying and/or poling, and the like), (3) uses of NLO chromophores containing furanyl accepting groups in electro-optic devices (e.g., EOMs).

The present disclosure is directed, in general, to (1) nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophores, including (2) compositions/materials/resistive layers comprising NLO chromophores, and the methods of making the compositions/materials/resistive layers comprising NLO chromophores (e.g., methods of poling and/or drying, and the like), (3) uses of NLO chromophores in electro-optic devices (e.g., electro-optic modulators (EOMs)). NLO chromophores disclosed herein not only have large EO effect, but also have fast modulation speed. In addition, NLO chromophores disclosed herein have superior refractive index, photostability and thermal stability compared to other EO Materials. As a consequence, NLO chromophores herein are particularly suited for use as EO materials in connection with low power and small footprint devices, including devices used in data acquisition systems, analog I/O modules, field transmitters, lab and field instrumentation, servo drive control modules, direct current (DC) power supply, alternating current (AC), and/or electronic load.

The present disclosure is directed, in general, to (1) nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophores, including (2) compositions/materials/resistive layers comprising NLO chromophores, and the methods of making the compositions/materials/resistive layers comprising NLO chromophores (e.g., methods of poling and/or drying, and the like), (3) uses of NLO chromophores in electro-optic devices (e.g., electro-optic modulators (EOMs)). NLO chromophores disclosed herein not only have large EO effect, but also have fast modulation speed. In addition, NLO chromophores disclosed herein have superior refractive index, photostability and thermal stability compared to other EO Materials. As a consequence, NLO chromophores herein are particularly suited for use as EO materials in connection with low power and small footprint devices, including devices used in data acquisition systems, analog I/O modules, field transmitters, lab and field instrumentation, servo drive control modules, direct current (DC) power supply, alternating current (AC), and/or electronic load.

The present disclosure is directed, in general, to nonlinear optical (NLO) chromophores comprising donating groups of the following general structure (D 1 ): where R 1 can be a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl. R 2 can be a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or a ring-locked structure. In some embodiments, R 1 and R 2 can together form a ring structure. In some embodiments, R 2 can be a ring-locked structure forming a ring with the phenyl group of the formula (D 1 ). In certain embodiments, n is 1 or 2.

Nonlinear optical chromophores having one or more diamondoid groups covalentiy attached to the chromophore, methods of making nonlinear optical chromophores, their use in thin films and electro-optical devices containing such nonlinear optical chromophores and thin films comprising the same.