OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF POLY(N-VINYLCARBAZOLE)-BASED GUEST-HOST PHOTOREFRACTIVE POLYMER SYSTEMS

Authors
SILENCE SM DONCKERS MCJM WALSH CA BURLAND DM TWIEG RJ MOERNER WE
Citation
Sm. Silence et al., OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF POLY(N-VINYLCARBAZOLE)-BASED GUEST-HOST PHOTOREFRACTIVE POLYMER SYSTEMS, Applied optics, 33(11), 1994, pp. 2218-2222
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
33
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2218 - 2222
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1994)33:11<2218:OOPGP>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The photorefractive properties of poly(N-vinylcarbazole) doped with a variety of nonlinear optical chromophores and sensitizing agents are s urveyed. Steady-state diffraction efficiencies of greater than 10-3 an d two-beam coupling gain exceeding the absorption loss are found in si x materials combinations. The effect of the structure of the nonlinear optical chromophore on the photorefractive properties is discussed.