Photorefractive polymers with sub-millisecond response time

Jayan Thomas, Muhsin Eralp, Savaş Tay, Li Guoqiang, Wang Peng, Michiharu Yamamoto, Axel Schülzgen, Robert Norwood, Nasser Peyghambarian

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Abstract

We report the photorefractive properties of tetraphenyldiaminobiphenyl (TPD) based polymer composites that have been developed for single pulse laser operation at 532 nm. With an optimized composite, we demonstrate more than 50% diffraction efficiency using 4 mJ/cm 2 single shot writing and 633 nm continuous wave (cw) beam reading. The present devices showed a 300 μs fast response time. This reveals the potential for these polymer devices in applications which require fast writing and erasure. Since the writing pulse-width is in nanosecond time scale, the recording is totally insensitive to vibrations. These devices can also be used as a stepping stone to realize all-color holography since they are sensitive to both green (532nm) and red (633nm) wavelengths. The holograms can be written with either of these two wavelengths and can be read by the same wavelength or the other wavelength with high diffraction efficiency. This demonstrates that these devices have the advantage of performing two-color holography, a step closer to a dynamic full-color holographic recording medium.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationOrganic Holographic Materials and Applications IV
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
EventOrganic Holographic Materials and Applications IV - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: Aug 14 2006Aug 15 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume6335
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Other

OtherOrganic Holographic Materials and Applications IV
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period8/14/068/15/06

Keywords

  • Electro-optic polymers
  • Nonlinear materials
  • Photorefractivity
  • Pulsed writing of the holograms
  • Real time holography

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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