Photorefractive properties of poly(N-vinyl carbazole)-based composites forhigh-speed applications

Authors
Diaz-Garcia, MA Wright, D Casperson, JD Smith, B Glazer, E Moerner, WE Sukhomlinova, LI Twieg, RJ
Citation
Ma. Diaz-garcia et al., Photorefractive properties of poly(N-vinyl carbazole)-based composites forhigh-speed applications, CHEM MATER, 11(7), 1999, pp. 1784-1791
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
ISSN journal
08974756 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
7
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1784 - 1791
Database
ISI
SICI code
0897-4756(199907)11:7<1784:PPOPCC>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The photorefractive properties of polymer composites based on poly(N-vinylc arbazole), doped with the sensitizer C-60, the plasticizer butyl benzyl pht halate, and two series of chromophores are presented. The influence of the structure and the oxidation potential of the chromophore on the photorefrac tive properties is discussed. These materials show promise for video-rate o ptical processing applications,since they exhibit fast response times (beam -coupling growth times, tau(g), as small as 60 ms at 50 V/mu m applied fiel d and 200 mW/cm(2) intensity and tau(g) as small as 5 ms at 100 V/mu m and 1 W/cm(2)).