The present invention relates to the technical field of materials, and particularly discloses a high
refractive index polyimide optical material and a preparation method thereof, the high
refractive index polyimide optical material comprises: a
diamine component, the
diamine component comprises 30-70 mol% of a
sulfur-containing heterocyclic
diamine selected from at least one of 4, 5-
thiazolidine-2-
thiol diamine, 1, 3, 4-thiazolidinedithiol diamine and 2-methylthiopyrimidine-4, 6-diamine, and the diamine component comprises at least one of 4, 5-
thiazolidine-2-
thiol diamine, 1, 3, 4-thiazolidinedithiol diamine, 1, 3, 4-thiazolidinedithiol diamine and 2-methylthiopyrimidine-4, 6-diamine; 5-40 mol% of a diamine
monomer containing a
tertiary amino group; 0 to 65 mol% of an aromatic or aliphatic diamine; the dianhydride component comprises at least one
sulfur-containing dianhydride
monomer, and the
sulfur-containing dianhydride
monomer contains a sulfur
sulfuryl (-SO2-) or
thioether bond (-S-)
structural unit; according to the present invention, the
synergistic combination of sulfur-containing heterocyclic diamine and
tertiary amino-containing diamine is introduced, and the structural design of sulfur-containing dianhydride is matched, such that the
electron cloud density and the molecular polarization are improved at the
molecular level;