Anon-linearoptical(NLO)materialwassynthesizedbymeansofasimplemethod.Thismaterialcanbeappliedinelectro-optical(EO)devices,suchasEOswitchesandmodulators.TheDisperseRed1(DR1)wasdopedinpolymethyl-methacrylate-co-glycidylmethacrylate(PMMA-co-GMA)astheNLOactivechromophore.Thesynthesisprocessandmaterialstructurewereexpressed.Thethermalproperties,surfacemorphologyandopticalcharacteristicsofthematerialwereinvestigatedbymeansofdifferentialscanningcalorimetry(DSC),thermogravimetricanalysis(TGA),atomicforcemicroscopy(AFM),andm-linestechnique.Usingthereflectiontechnique,thevalueoftheelectro-opticalcoefficientγ33wasmeasuredas11pm/Vatawavelengthof1310nm.AnEOswitchwithnanosecondresponsebasedonthismaterialhasbeenfabricated.
