Organic nonlinear optical article with improved transmission enhancement layer

摘要

Disclosed is a transmission enhancement layer for an organic nonlinear optical article, the layer capable of deflecting light within the article, the layer comprising a polymeric phase having dispersed therein an interwoven network second phase of crosslinked metal oxide having the form -M-O-M- wherein M is a metal atom and O is oxygen, the second phase formed by hydrolysis and condensation of metal alkoxide, the-layer being transparent in the visible and near infrared wavelengths.