HOLOGRAPHIC GRATING FORMATION IN DYE-DOPED POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID-CRYSTALS

Authors
CIPPARRONE G MAZZULLA A NICOLETTA FP LUCCHETTI L SIMONI F
Citation
G. Cipparrone et al., HOLOGRAPHIC GRATING FORMATION IN DYE-DOPED POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID-CRYSTALS, Optics communications, 150(1-6), 1998, pp. 297-304
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
150
Issue
1-6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
297 - 304
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1998)150:1-6<297:HGFIDP>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We report a detailed investigation on holographic grating formation in dye-doped polymer dispersed liquid crystals. Both optical and scannin g electron microscope measurements have been carried out. All the expe rimental data support the idea that a photorefractive-like effect is t he basic mechanism of the optical storage effect, while it is demonstr ated that neither droplets' size or shape effects, nor dye or polymer reorientation are involved in the process. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B .V. All rights reserved.