Abstract
Holographic gratings recorded by photopolymerization of liquid crystalline monomers have been immediately and reversibly developed, or switched, by application of electric fields. Diffraction efficiency modulation has exceeded 200-fold, with maximum efficiency about 13% in the on state for 10 im samples. Fixing of the holograms in the more efficient state has been accomplished by short exposure to a single writing beam. Microscopic images of the switching gratings recorded on videotape have provided information about grating structure and supported our proposed mechanism for the recording and switching effects.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 238-247 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Volume | 2042 |
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| State | Published - 1993 |
| Event | Photopolymers and Applications in Holography, Optical Data Storage, Optical Sensors, and Interconnects 1993 - Quebec City, Canada Duration: Aug 16 1993 → Aug 20 1993 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering