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It has been more than 10 years since the first electric field poled second-order nonlinear polymers were reported. 1'2 During this period a wide variety of polymeric systems have been formulated and investi-gated. Several reviews have been written concentrating primarily on the polymer systems and the development and decay of the electric field induced ordering. 3-11 Other reviews have focused on the relationship between the physical and chemical properties of second-order nonlinear polymers and their potential applications in electrooptic and frequency-doubling devices. 12-17 The field in general has been summarized in the two-volume series edited by Chemla and Zyss18 and in the book by Prasad and Williams. 19 A good overview of current work in the field can also be found in the annual volumes published by the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) entitled “Nonlinear Optical …