Novel photorefractive liquid crystal polymer composites

Jingwen Zhang; Kenneth D. Singer

doi:10.1117/12.328154

23 October 1998 Novel photorefractive liquid crystal polymer composites

Jingwen Zhang, Kenneth D. Singer

Proceedings Volume 3471, Xerographic Photoreceptors and Organic Photorefractive Materials IV; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328154
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We have studied the photorefractive properties of a composite consisting of the polymer PVK doped with 4,4'- pentylcyanobiphenyl and C₆₀. The material is homogeneous, stable, and does not require a plasticizer agent. Net gain coefficients over 100 cm^-1 are observed. Measurements of orientational and electro-optic responses indicate that the orientational response is large, but markedly inhibited. We also report dramatic gain enhancement in two-beam coupling and novel angle and electric field dependencies in this composite.

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Jingwen Zhang and Kenneth D. Singer "Novel photorefractive liquid crystal polymer composites", Proc. SPIE 3471, Xerographic Photoreceptors and Organic Photorefractive Materials IV, (23 October 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328154

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