Interest in materials for optical storage effect has been intense in the last years. In this paper we report the observation of permanent gratings in a new liquid crystalline side-chain polymer containing a mononuclear cyclopalladated azobenzene complex. Two-beam coupling experiments indicate photorefractive properties. A gain of 900 cm(-1) without applied electric field, was determined by two beam coupling measurements. A significant feature of this high gain material is that this effect occurs in an easily processable pure compound.
Laser Written Permanent Gratings in a New Liquid Crystalline Organometallic Polymer
G. Cipparrone;A. Mazzulla;I. Aiello;M. Ghedini
1998-01-01
Abstract
Interest in materials for optical storage effect has been intense in the last years. In this paper we report the observation of permanent gratings in a new liquid crystalline side-chain polymer containing a mononuclear cyclopalladated azobenzene complex. Two-beam coupling experiments indicate photorefractive properties. A gain of 900 cm(-1) without applied electric field, was determined by two beam coupling measurements. A significant feature of this high gain material is that this effect occurs in an easily processable pure compound.File in questo prodotto:
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