Appeal No. 1996-2690
Application 07/967,787
1. A method for forming a crosslinked polymer which exhibits second order
nonlinear optical properties, comprising the steps of:
a) combining a host polymer, which includes a second order nonlinear optical
component covalently bonded to the host polymer, with a guest crosslinking agent;
b) exposing the combined host polymer and guest crosslinking agent to an electric
field to pole the second order nonlinear optical component of the host polymer, whereby
the host polymer exhibits second order nonlinear optical properties; and
c) exposing the host polymer and the guest crosslinking agent to electromagnetic
radiation to cause the guest crosslinking agent to crosslink the host polymer, thereby
forming a crosslinked polymer which exhibits second order nonlinear optical properties.
2. The method of Claim 1 wherein the crosslinking agent will exhibit second order
nonlinear optical properties upon exposure to an electric field.
37. A crosslinked polymer which exhibits second order nonlinear optical properties
and which is formed by a method, comprising the steps of:
a) combining a host polymer, which includes a second order nonlinear optical
component covalently bonded to the host polymer, with a guest crosslinking agent;
b) exposing the combined host polymer and guest crosslinking agent to an electric
field to pole the second order nonlinear optical component of the host polymer, whereby
the host polymer exhibits second order nonlinear optical properties; and
c) exposing the host polymer and the guest crosslinking agent to electromagnetic
radiation to cause the guest crosslinking agent to crosslink the host polymer, thereby
forming a crosslinked polymer which exhibits second order nonlinear optical properties.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Ulman et al. (Ulman) 4,792,208 Dec. 20, 1988
Reck et al. (Reck), "Crosslinked Epoxy Polymers with Large and Stable Nonlinear Optical
Susceptibilities," Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials II, Vol. 1147, pp. 74-
82, 1989.
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