Complex and Stereoregular Nonlinear Optical Materials

A novel organic/inorganic composite is described which promises to yield nonlinear optical materials that have extraordinarily high stereoregularities and contain very few defects. The overall approach takes advantage of the highly structured order of special template materials to form previoiusly unknown organic/inorganic composites that promise to have high NLO susceptibilities. The success of the proposed approach will result in novel lamellar organic-inorganic composites with nonlinear of chemical properties that will be useful for a wide range of applications. Eventually, these innovative composite materials will be usable in applications such as switches, modulators, guided wave devices, oscillators and harmonic generators.