DNA-based nonlinear photonic materials

Emily M. Heckman; James G. Grote; Perry P. Yaney; F. Kenneth Hopkins

doi:10.1117/12.563071

15 October 2004 DNA-based nonlinear photonic materials

Emily M. Heckman, James G. Grote, Perry P. Yaney, F. Kenneth Hopkins

Proceedings Volume 5516, Nonlinear Optical Transmission and Multiphoton Processes in Organics II; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.563071
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), extracted from salmon sperm through an enzyme isolation process, is a by-product of Japan’s fishing industry. To make DNA a suitable material for nonlinear optic (NLO) applications, it is precipitated with a surfactant complex, hexadecyltrimethlammonium chloride (CTMA). Preliminary characterization studies suggest DNA-CTMA may be a suitable host material for guest-host NLO polymer based electro-optic (EO) waveguide devices. The optical and electromagnetic properties of DNA-CTMA, as well as the development and EO measurement of a disperse red 1 (DR1) guest / DNA/CTMA host NLO material, are reported. Comparisons to a DR1 guest / poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) host NLO material are made.

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Emily M. Heckman, James G. Grote, Perry P. Yaney, and F. Kenneth Hopkins "DNA-based nonlinear photonic materials", Proc. SPIE 5516, Nonlinear Optical Transmission and Multiphoton Processes in Organics II, (15 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.563071

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