Photorefractive polymer composites with short response times

B. Kippelen, E. Hendrickx, K. B. Ferrio, J. Herlocker, Y. Zhang, N. Peyghambarian, S. R. Marder, J. Anderson, N. R. Armstrong, S. Mery

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Abstract

We report on a photorefractive polymer composite that shows an initial rise time of 4 ms at a grating spacing of 3.1 μm. A systematic characterization of the ionization potential of a series of chromophores used in photorefractive applications is presented. No obvious correlation between material response time and ionization potential is found in PVK:ECZ:TNFDM composites doped with chromophores with an ionization potential higher or comparable to that of carbazole. All the chromophores under investigation are found to form a charge-transfer complex with the sensitizer TNFDM and a correlation between the spectral position of this band and the value of the ionization potential of the chromophore is demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)405-412
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Imaging Science and Technology
Volume43
Issue number5
StatePublished - Sep 1999

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • General Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Computer Science Applications

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