Reversible optical structuring of polymer waveguides doped with photochromic molecules

Authors
Lecomte, S Gubler, U Jager, M Bosshard, C Montemezzani, G Gunter, P Gobbi, L Diederich, F
Citation
S. Lecomte et al., Reversible optical structuring of polymer waveguides doped with photochromic molecules, APPL PHYS L, 77(7), 2000, pp. 921-923
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00036951 → ACNP
Volume
77
Issue
7
Year of publication
2000
Pages
921 - 923
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(20000814)77:7<921:ROSOPW>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We show that polymeric films doped with the photochromic molecule 1,8a-dihy dro-2(4-iodophenyl)-1,1-azulenedicarbonitrile can be reversibly structured by light. We discuss the relevant material properties of the photochromic m olecule in solution as well as in polymer films and demonstrate light-induc ed waveguides at the telecommunication wavelength of 1.313 mu m. (C) 2000 A merican Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)00233-3].