Use of high-<beta-mu> nonlinear optical chromophores in photorefractive polymers

Klaus Meerholz; Reinhard Bittner; Christoph R. Braeuchle; Peter Boldt; T. Kirchberger; Juergen Wichern

doi:10.1117/12.256161

1 November 1996 Use of high-<beta-mu> nonlinear optical chromophores in photorefractive polymers

Klaus Meerholz, Reinhard Bittner, Christoph R. Braeuchle, Peter Boldt, T. Kirchberger, Juergen Wichern

Proceedings Volume 2852, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials IX; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.256161
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

We report on the first use of high-(Beta) micrometers nonlinear- optical chromophores in photorefractive polymer composites based on poly(N-vinylcarbazole). We demonstrate that the photorefractive effect in these materials originates mostly from the electrooptic effect whereas in high-performance materials known to date the photorefractive effect mostly originates from an orientational birefringence resulting from a nonuniform orientation of the electrooptically active chromophores.

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Klaus Meerholz, Reinhard Bittner, Christoph R. Braeuchle, Peter Boldt, T. Kirchberger, and Juergen Wichern "Use of high-<beta-mu> nonlinear optical chromophores in photorefractive polymers", Proc. SPIE 2852, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials IX, (1 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.256161

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