Efficient photorefractive polymer dispersed liquid crystals

Author

Kippelen, B. ; Golemme, A. ; Madonado, J.L. ; Peyhambarian, N.

Author_Institution

Opt. Sci. Center, Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

33

Abstract

Summary form only given. We report on photorefractive polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs) doped with the liquid crystal TL202. In samples with composition PMMA:TL202:ECZ:TNFDM (42:40:17:1 wt.%) [where TNFDM stands for (2,4,7-trinitro-9fluorenylidene)malonitrile], we achieved an external diffraction efficiency of 55% at 633 nm in 53-/spl mu/m-thick samples at an applied field of 20 V//spl mu/m for a grating spacing of 3 /spl mu/m.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; optical polymers; photorefractive materials; polymer dispersed liquid crystals; (2,4,7-trinitro-9fluorenylidene)malonitrile; 3 mum; 53 mum; 55 percent; 633 nm; PMMA:TL202; PMMA:TL202:ECZ:TNFDM; applied field; external diffraction efficiency; grating spacing; liquid crystal TL202; photorefractive polymer dispersed liquid crystals; Diffraction gratings; Holographic optical components; Holography; Liquid crystal polymers; Liquid crystals; Optical filters; Optimized production technology; Photonic crystals; Photorefractive effect; Photorefractive materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.675824

Filename

675824