Difference between revisions of "Electro-optic cofficient"
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=== Figure of Merit === | === Figure-of-Merit === | ||
Figure of merit: r33 preferably > 1000 pm/V | Figure-of-merit: r33 preferably > 1000 pm/V | ||
Current Status: 600pm/V | Current Status: 600pm/V | ||
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For poled polymers for THz generation and detection | For poled polymers for THz generation and detection | ||
Figure of merit: r33 preferably > 350 pm/V | Figure-of-merit: r33 preferably > 350 pm/V | ||
Current Status: 600pm/V | Current Status: 600pm/V | ||
Revision as of 12:16, 16 June 2009
r33 (pronounced "r three three") also called the electro-optic coefficient is a measure of the changability optical activity of a material when an electric field is applied.
<math>r_{33} = \beta(\epsilon,\omega)N<cos^3\theta>\,\!</math>
where
<math>\beta(\epsilon,\omega)\,\!</math> is the molecular first hyperpolarizability which at a give wavelenth ω
<math>N\,\!</math> is chromophore number density
<math><cos^3\theta>\,\!</math> is the acentricity
Figure-of-Merit
Figure-of-merit: r33 preferably > 1000 pm/V
Current Status: 600pm/V
For poled polymers for THz generation and detection
Figure-of-merit: r33 preferably > 350 pm/V
Current Status: 600pm/V