Interdigitated coplanar electrodes for enhanced sensitivity in a photorefractive polymer

C. W. Christenson, C. Greenlee, B. Lynn, J. Thomas, P. A. Blanche, R. Voorakaranam, P. St Hilaire, L. J. LaComb, R. A. Norwood, M. Yamamoto, N. Peyghambarian

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Abstract

Organic photorefractive polymer composites can be made to exhibit near 100% diffraction efficiency and fast writing times, though large external slants are needed to project the applied field onto the grating vector. We show here that the use of interdigitated electrodes on a single plane provides similar performance to these standard devices and geometries but without a external slant angle. This new device's structure also greatly improves the diffraction efficiency and sensitivity compared to less slanted standard devices necessary for some real applications, such as holographic displays, optical coherence imaging, and in-plane switching.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3377-3379
Number of pages3
JournalOptics letters
Volume36
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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