non-linear optical polymer

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Polymer that exhibits an optical effect brought about by electromagnetic radiation such that the magnitude of the effect is not proportional to the irradiance.
Notes:
  1. An example of non-linear optical effects is the generation of higher harmonics of the incident light wave.
  2. A polymer that exhibits a @N04197@ due to anisotropic electric susceptibilities when subjected to electric field together with light @I03255@ is called an electro-optical polymer. A polymer that exhibits electro-optical behavior combined with @P04591@ is called a photo-refractive polymer.
See also:
non-linear optical effect
Source:
PAC, 2004, 76, 889. (Definitions of terms relating to reactions of polymers and to functional polymeric materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)) on page 900 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'non-linear optical polymer' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.NT07178 RIS BibTex EndNote
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