Optical manipulation of molecules for noncentrosymmetric optical device fabrication

Celine Fiorini-Debuisschert; N. Prudhomme; Anne-Catherine Etile; Philippe Lefin; Paul Raimond; Jean-Michel Nunzi

doi:10.1117/12.328565

29 October 1998 Optical manipulation of molecules for noncentrosymmetric optical device fabrication

Celine Fiorini-Debuisschert, N. Prudhomme, Anne-Catherine Etile, Philippe Lefin, Paul Raimond, Jean-Michel Nunzi

Proceedings Volume 3474, Second-Order Organic Nonlinear Optics; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328565
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A challenging issue to design devices for photonic applications is to achieve a complete manipulation of the molecular order. Azo-dye aromatic polymers have been shown to offer interesting prospects for material engineering using light matter interactions. Dual-frequency irradiation using appropriate combinations of circular beams polarizations are demonstrated to enable full control of the molecular polar rotation. More recent results on photoinduced surface-relief gratings have also opened the way of molecular translation control using optical fields. Understanding of the relevant parameters of molecular translation processes is a key issue for optimization of such optomechanical effect: a simple model accounting qualitatively for the essential features of photoinduced surface-relief gratings is presented. It illustrates the application of optically powered molecular motors.

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Celine Fiorini-Debuisschert, N. Prudhomme, Anne-Catherine Etile, Philippe Lefin, Paul Raimond, and Jean-Michel Nunzi "Optical manipulation of molecules for noncentrosymmetric optical device fabrication", Proc. SPIE 3474, Second-Order Organic Nonlinear Optics, (29 October 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328565

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