Anovelsolubleπ-conjugatedpolymer,poly[(3-acetylpyrrole-2,5-diyl)p-(N,N-dimethylamino)azobenzylidene](PAPDMAABE),wassynthesizedbycondensationof3-acetylpyrrolewith4-aldehyde-4'-dimethylaminoazobenzene(ADMAA).ThechemicalstructureofPAPDMAABEwascharacterizedbyFouriertransforminfraredspectroscopy(FTIR),1H-NMR,andUV-Vis-NIRspectra.Transmissionelectronmicroscope(TEM)analysisforPAPDMAABEindicatesthatpartofPAPDMAABEisincrystalstate,duetotheshort-rangeorderofthepolymer.Thermogravimetricanalysis(TGA)curveshowsthatthepolymerhasgoodthermalstabilityanditsdecompositiontemperatureis248℃.TheopticalbandgapofPAPDMAABEobtainedfromtheopticalabsorptionspectrumisabout1.73eV.Theresonantthird-ordernonlinearopticalpropertyofPAPDMAABEat532nmwasstudiedusingdegeneratefour-wavemixing(DFWM)technique.Theresonantthird-ordernonlinearopticalsusceptibilityofthepolymerisabout7.48×10-8esu.
