Designing Materials for All-Optical Switching: Nickel Dithiolene - PMMA Guest-Host Polymers

The results of an extensive series of studies on nickel dithiolenes dissolved in both dichloromethane and polythylmethacrylate (PMMA) are presented. The results show that it is possible to achieve a combination of a high nonlinear refractive index and a low linear and nonlinear absorption loss in an easily processed polymer