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Recent advances in photorefractive polymer composites

  • B. Kippelen
  • , K. Meerholz
  • , B. Volodin
  • , N. Peyghambarian

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Abstract

Highly efficient photorefractive polymer composites based on the photoconductor poly(N-vinylcarbazole) and azo dyes as second-order nonlinear optical chromophores, are presented. The photorefractive properties are studied by means of four-wave mixing and two-beam coupling experiments. The photoconducting and electro-optic properties are investigated independently and compared to existing models. The moderate electro-optic properties indicate that other contributions such as birefringence are responsible for the high diffraction efficiencies measured in these samples.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)263-275
Number of pages13
JournalMolecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section B: Nonlinear Optics
Volume11
Issue number1-4
StatePublished - 1995

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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