Table of Contents

Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Polymers: An Overview, G.A. Lindsay
Design and Properties of High-Temperature Second-Order Optical Chromophores, R.F. Shi, S. Yamada, M.H. Wu, Y.M. Cai, O. Zamani-Khamiri, and A.F. Garito
Hyperpolarizabilities of Push-Pull Polyenes: Molecular Orbital and Valence-Bond Charge-Transfer Models, J.W. Perry, S.R. Marder, F. Meyers, D. Lu, G. Chen, W.A. Goddard, III, J.R. Brédas, and B.M. Pierce
Solvent Effects on the Molecular Quadratic Hyperpolarizabilities, I.D.L. Albert, S. di Bella, D.R. Kanis, T.J. Marks, and M.A. Ratner
Characterization of Nonlinear Optical Chromophores in Solution, C.R. Moylan, R.D. Miller, R.J. Twieg, and V.Y. Lee
Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Second- Order Optical Properties of the Chromophore Retinal and Its Derivatives: Modeling the Bacteriorhodopsin Binding Pocket, E. Hendrickx, C. Dehu, K. Clays, J.L. Brédas, and A. Persoons
Design and Synthesis of Thermally Stable Chromophores with Low Absorption at Device Operating Wavelengths, S. Ermer, S.M. Lovejoy, and D.S. Leung
Thermally Stable Nonlinear Optical Moiety-Doped Polyimides for Photonic Devices, H.K. Kim, H.J. Lee, M.H. Lee, S.K. Han, H.Y. Kim, K.H. Kang, Y.H. Min, and Y.H. Won
Design and Synthesis of a Polar Dipyrromethene Dye, M.B. Meinhardt, P.A. Cahill, T.C. Kowalczyk, and K.D. Singer
High-Temperature Nonlinear Polyimides for *y](²]) Applications, R.D. Miller, D.M. Burland, M. Jurich, V.Y. Lee, C.R. Moylan, R.J. Twieg, J. Thackara, T. Verbiest, W.Volksen, and C.A. Walsh
Highly Efficient and Thermally Stable Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Chromophores and Electrooptic Polymers, A.K.-Y. Jen, V.P. Rao, and J. Chandrasekhar
Techniques of Ultrastructure Synthesis Relevant to the Fabrication of Electrooptic Modulators, L.R. Dalton, B. Wu, A.W. Harper, R. Ghosn, Y. Ra, Z. Liang, R. Montgomery, S. Kalluri, Y. Shi, W. H. Steier, and A. K.-Y. Jen
Development of Functionalized Polyimides for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics, D. Yu, Z. Peng, A. Gharavi, and L. Yu
Advances in Main-Chain Syndioregic Nonlinear Optical Polymers, J.D. Stenger-Smith, R.A. Henry, A.P. Chafin, L. H. Merwin, R.A. Nissan, R.Y. Yee, M.P. Nadler, G.A. Lindsay, L.M. Hayden, S. Brower, N. Mokal, D. Kokron, W.N. Herman, and P. Ashley
Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Interpenetrating Polymer Networks, S. Marturunkakul, J.I. Chen, L. Li, X.L. Jiang, R.J. Jeng, S.K. Sengupta, J. Kumar, and S.K. Tripathy
Aromatic Heterocyclic Rings as Active Components in the Design of Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Chromophores, B. A. Reinhardt, R. Kannan, J. C. Bhatt, J. Zieba, and P.N. Prasad
Nonlinear Optical Properties of Poly(1,4-phenylenevinylene) and Its Derivatives, J.-I. Jin and H.-K. Shim
All-Optical Poling of Polymers for Phase-Matched Frequency Doubling, J.M. Nunzi, C. Fiorini, F. Charra, F. Kajzar, and P. Raimond
Photo-Induced Poling of Polar Azo Dyes in Polymeric Films: Toward Second-Order Applications, Z. Sekkat, E.F. Aust, and W. Knoll
Determination of the Second Harmonic Coefficients of Birefringent Poled Polymers, W. N. Herman and L.M. Hayden
Stark Spectroscopy as a Tool for the Characterization of Poled Polymers for Nonlinear Optics, M.I. Barnik, L.M. Blinov, T. Weyrauch, S.P. Palto, A.A. Tevosov, and W. Haase
Pyroelectrical Investigation of Nonlinear Optical Polymers with Uniform or Patterned Dipole Orientation, S. Bauer, S. Bauer-Gogoena, ,S. Ylmaz, W. Wirges, and R. Gerhard-Multhaupt
Quantitative, Rational Predictions of the Long-Term Temporal Decay Properties of Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Polymers from the Analysis of Relaxation Dynamics, A. Dhinojwala, J.C. Hooker, and J.M. Torkelson
Optical Damage in Nonlinear Optical Polymer Waveguides, K. Song, M. Mortazavi, and H. Yoons
Polyimides for Electrooptic Applications, P. Kaatz. P. Prê tre, U. Meier, P. Gnter, B. Zysset, M. Arnheim, M. Sthelin, and F. Lehr
Electrooptic Cardo-Type Polymers with High-Glass-Transition Temperatures, C. Wu, C. Knapp, V. Lu, M.J. McFarland, A. Nahata, J. Shan, and J.T. Yardley
Nonlinear Optical Activity Relaxation Energetics in a Polyether Thermoplastic Nonlinear Optical Polymer with a High Glass-Transition Temperature, R.J. Gulotty, C.D. Hall, M.J. Mullins, A. P. Haag, S. E. Bales, D.R. Miller, C.A. Berglund, M.S. LaBarge, A.J. Pasztor, Jr., M.A. Chartier, and K. A. Hazard
Guest-Host Cross-linked Polyimides for Integrated Optics, T.C. Kowalczyk, T.Z. Kosc, K.D. Singer, A.J. Beuhler, D.A. Wargowski, P.A. Cahill, C.H. Seager, and M.B. Meinhardt
Bifunctional Dyes for Cross-linked Nonlinear Optical Polymers, K.M. White, E.M. Cross, C. V. Francis, and R.S. Moshrefzadeh
Integration of Electrooptic Polymers in Optoelectronic Devices, R. Lytel, A.J. Ticknor, and G.F. Lipscomb
Polymer Electrooptic Waveguide Fabrication, M. Ziari, A. Chen, S. Kalluri, W.H. Steier, Y. Shi, W. Wang, D. Chen, and H.R. Fetterman
Advances in Organic Polymer-Based Optoelectronics, R. Levenson, J. Liang, C. Rossier, R. Hierle, E. Toussaere, N. Bouadma, and J. Zyss
Electrooptic Polymer Mach-Zehnder Modulators: High-Speed Analog and Digital Considerations, D.G. Girton, W.W. Anderson, J.F. Valley, T.E. Van Eck, L.J. Dries, J.A. Marley, and S. Ermer
Second Harmonic Generation by Counter-Directed Guided Waves in Poled Polymer Waveguides, A. Otomo, G.I. Stegeman, W. Horsthuis, and G. Mhlmann
Second Harmonic Femtosecond Pulse Generation in Nonlinear Polymer Thin-Film Structures, A. Dienes, E. Sidick, R. A. Hill, and A. Knoesen
Periodic Domain Inversion in Thin Nonlinear Optical Polymer Films for Second Harmonic Generation, G. Khanarian and M.A. Mortazavi
Cascading of Second-Order Nonlinearities: Concepts, Materials, and Devices, W. E. Torruellas, D.Y. Kim, M. Jaeger, G. Krijnen, R. Schiek, G. I. Stegeman, P. Vidakovic, and J. Zyss