Limiting factor of the diffraction efficiency in azo-dye-doped polymers

Pierre-Alexandre Blanche; Philippe C. Lemaire; Christophe Maertens; P. Dubois; R. Jerome

doi:10.1117/12.323504

25 September 1998 Limiting factor of the diffraction efficiency in azo-dye-doped polymers

Pierre-Alexandre Blanche, Philippe C. Lemaire, Christophe Maertens, P. Dubois, R. Jerome

Proceedings Volume 3417, Photopolymer Device Physics, Chemistry, and Applications IV; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.323504
Event: Lasers and Materials in Industry and Opto-Contact Workshop, 1998, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

We have used theoretical models to give an account of the photoinduced reorientation of the azo-dye molecules in polymers and the related macroscopic effects that are diffraction efficiency and photoinduced birefringence. Measurements have been carried out for three doped polymers presenting different behaviors according to the writing intensity and the sample temperature. Interpolation of the experimental data reveals that the limiting factor for the amplitude of the diffraction efficiency is principally the temperature of the samples, whereas then the sensitivity of the compounds seems to be only driven by the nature of the dye.

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Pierre-Alexandre Blanche, Philippe C. Lemaire, Christophe Maertens, P. Dubois, and R. Jerome "Limiting factor of the diffraction efficiency in azo-dye-doped polymers", Proc. SPIE 3417, Photopolymer Device Physics, Chemistry, and Applications IV, (25 September 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.323504

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