Efficient wafer-scale poling of electro-optic polymer thin films on soda-lime glass substrates: large second-order nonlinear coefficients and exceptional homogeneity of optical birefringence

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL); Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) [FA8650-14-C-5005]; Small Business Technology Transfer Research program (STTR)

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