New highly efficient photorefractive polymer composite for optical-storage and image-processing applications

B. Kippelen, Sandalphon, N. Peyghambarian, S. R. Lyon, A. B. Padias, H. K. Hall

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Abstract

Reversible holographic storage and beam amplification has been achieved in a new polymer composite using a low-power semiconductor visible laser diode emitting at 674nm. This material shows substantially better performance than the existing photorefractive polymeric materials. A diffraction efficiency of 5%, a gain coefficient of 30cm-1 and a net gain of 6cm-1 have been measured in 105 nm-thick samples with an applied field of 40V/µm.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1873-1874
Number of pages2
JournalElectronics Letters
Volume29
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1993

Keywords

  • Optical storage
  • Photorefractivity
  • Polymers

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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