Sure I’ll take a crack at it. The Perkinamine is placed in a host polymer, the amount of Perk that a host can hold is important (solubility), think of putting table spoons of salt in a glass of water. There is also a solvent in the mix. The patented spacer system around the perkinamine molecule helps to line them up. They mix it up and drop in on a film, spin the film (like paint art on the boardwalk) to spread out the mix evenly. Then they heat it to melt the host, cook off the solvent and pole it (apply voltage) that lines up the molecules, then cool it to lock it in place. Then they apply electrodes and do their measurements. IMO the host needs to be very clear, able to withstand High temperatures and as I understand it solubility is important. Bintz had a slide up listing Polyimide & Polyethermide as 2 of the host polymers and the LSS is listed as proprietary (the guys in the lab may not even know what it is). Where it gets a little fuzzy to me is when they put the Perk in the slot on a device because when they measure the properties on a thin film they are testing it at 90 or 45 degrees and going through a very thin (a micron or two) but if they put it in a waveguide the light would have to travel the length of slot so that host would have to be very clear so as to not slow or alter the lightwave.
OK “specific performance attributes for their application” Leonberger in his modulator 101 talk spoke about tradeoffs that can be made for Bandwidth, Drive Voltage, Insertion Loss, Size and Yield so I’d guess that is what they are looking at.
I hope that answers your question.
