The present invention aims to provide a laser light detecting device capable of easily detecting laser light irradiation. Provided is a laser light detecting device capable of detecting laser light irradiation, including: a luminescent sheet containing a thermoplastic resin and a luminescent material that is to be excited by laser light to emit visible light.

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel electro-optic polymer. Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel electro-optic polymer with a low alicyclic methacrylate monomer content. The polymer according to the present invention is a polymer comprising (a) a base polymer having a reactive group (A), (b) an electro-optic molecule having a plurality of reactive groups (B), and a bond (C) formed by reaction of the reactive group (A) with the plurality of reactive groups (B), the bond (C) being at least one type of bond selected from the group consisting of a (thio)ester bond, a (thio)urethane bond, a (thio)urea bond and a (thio)amide bond.

Electro-optic (EO) devices having an EO polymer core comprising a first host polymer and a first nonlinear optical chromophore (NLOC); and a cladding comprising a second host polymer and a second NLOC, and methods of preparing the same; wherein the first NLOC has a first bridge covalently bonded to an electron-accepting group and an electron-donating group; wherein the second NLOC has a second bridge covalently bonded to an electron-accepting group and an electron-donating group; and wherein the second bridge is less conjugated than the first bridge such that the cladding has an index of refraction that is less than that of the EO polymer core, and wherein the second NLOC is present in the second host polymer in a concentration such that the cladding has a conductivity equal to or greater than at least 10% of the conductivity of the EO polymer core at a poling temperature.

The invention relates to an electrooptical device comprising a semiconductor substrate having a front side and a back side, at least one photonic component arranged on the front side of the semiconductor substrate, the photonic component comprising an active layer made of a non-linear optical material, wherein at least one cavity, extends through the semiconductor substrate and connects the active layer on the front side of the semiconductor substrate with the back side of the semiconductor substrate.

An electrochromic composition is provided. The electrochromic composition includes 0.510 parts by weight of a first oxidizable polymer, 0.510 parts by weight of a reducible organic compound, 0.520 parts by weight of an electrolyte, and 6098.5 parts by weight of a solvent. The first oxidizable polymer is a polymer of 1 molar part of diamine and 0.120 molar parts of dicarboxylic acid, diacyl chloride, or dianhydride, a mixture of the aforementioned polymers, or a copolymer of the aforementioned polymers. An electrochromic element including the aforementioned electrochromic composition is also provided.

A composition for preparing a nonlinear optic material including an organic chromophore that is polarized by an electric field, a precursor that can form an inorganic material polymer by a sol-gel reaction, and a compatibilizer that can bind to both the organic chromophore and the inorganic material polymer, wherein the organic chromophore includes a functional group at a terminal end that can bind to both the inorganic material polymer and the compatibilizer, a nonlinear optic material prepared from the composition, a method of preparing the nonlinear optic material, and an electro-optic device including the nonlinear optic material are disclosed.

An object of the present invention is to provide an organic EO polymer having a desired Tg. The present invention provides a copolymer comprising (i) a cycloalkane methacrylate and 2-isocyanatoethyl methacrylate as monomers at an adjusted blending ratio and (ii) an electro-optic molecule (EO molecule) bound to the copolymer, thereby exhibiting a desired glass transition temperature (Tg).

A method for the inscription of second-order nonlinear optical properties on a support including an amorphous material, the method including: heating the support within a temperature range allowing the movement of charges inside the support; applying a structured electrode to the support, generating an electrical field designed to induce the formation of non-linear optical properties on the surface of the support; and cooling the support.

Disclosed is a non-linear optical crystal containing pyridinium represented by the following Formula (1), 4-substituted phenylsulfonate represented by the following Formula (2a), and 2,4,6-substituted phenylsulfonate represented by the following Formula (2b). ##STR00001##

A nonlinear optically active copolymer having satisfactory orientation characteristics and able to allow for reduction in heat-induced orientation relaxation of a nonlinear optical material, and a nonlinear optical material obtained using the copolymer. The copolymer including at least a repeating unit A having adamantyl group and a repeating unit B having a nonlinear optically active moiety in one molecule, and an organic nonlinear optical material including the copolymer as a component.