ORIENTATIONAL GRATINGS IN DYE-DOPED POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID-CRYSTALSINDUCED BY THE PHOTOREFRACTIVE EFFECT

Authors
CIPPARRONE G MAZZULLA A SIMONI F
Citation
G. Cipparrone et al., ORIENTATIONAL GRATINGS IN DYE-DOPED POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID-CRYSTALSINDUCED BY THE PHOTOREFRACTIVE EFFECT, Optics letters, 23(19), 1998, pp. 1505-1507
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
23
Issue
19
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1505 - 1507
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1998)23:19<1505:OGIDPL>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We report the observation of orientational gratings induced by the pho torefractive effect in dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystals. Th e photorefractive origin of the grating-induction effect is supported by the results of two-beam coupling experiments and by the possibility of erasing the grating by uniform illumination. For all the samples a stable memory effect was observed. (C) 1998 Optical Society of Americ a.