Photorefractivity in a functional side-chain polymer

  • B. Kippelen
  • , K. Tamura
  • , N. Peyghambarian
  • , A. B. Padias
  • , H. K. Hall

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Abstract

An experimental study of the photorefractive effect in a polymeric material containing carbazole and the second-order tricyanovinylcarbazole moieties as a side chain is presented. This polymeric system exhibits intrinsically both photoconductivity and the electro-optic effect. Absorptive and photorefractive gratings have been evidenced by four-wave-mixing experiments and electro-optic measurements. The properties of the photorefractive gratings are studied by investigating the electric-field dependence of the diffraction efficiency. The dynamics of the erase-write behavior of the gratings, as well as permanent photobleaching of the polymer, are described.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)10710-10718
Number of pages9
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume48
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics

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