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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald N DeMartino, Wayne, NJ (US);
Hyun-Nam Yoon, New Providence, NJ (US);
James B Stamatoff, Westfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Hoechst Celanese Corp., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385130 ; 359103 ; 25229901 ; 2522993 ; 385141 ;
Abstract
This invention provides polymeric thin film optical waveguide media which exhibit nonlinear optical response, and which have utility as an optical waveguide component in all-optical and electrooptical light switch and light modulator devices. An invention waveguide medium consists of a thin film of an amorphous organic polymer as illustrated by the following structure: ##STR1##