Highly efficient formation of holographic gratings in polymer liquid crystals

Kunihiko Okano; Atsushi Shishido; Osamu Tsutsumi; Takeshi Shiono; Tomiki Ikeda

doi:10.1117/12.509189

5 January 2004 Highly efficient formation of holographic gratings in polymer liquid crystals

Kunihiko Okano, Atsushi Shishido, Osamu Tsutsumi, Takeshi Shiono, Tomiki Ikeda

Proceedings Volume 5213, Liquid Crystals VII; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.509189
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We studied the formation of gratings by means of the photoinduced alignment change of polymer liquid crystals (PLCs) in a glassy state. To obtain high diffraction efficiency (η), we prepared a novel PLC containing an azobenzene group directly connected with a tolane moiety (3AT) which has large birefringence (Δn). It was found that the value of birefringence in 3AT was extremely high (Δn = 0.39). When two s-polarized writing beams (Ar⁺ laser, 488 nm) were interfered on the surface of the 3AT film in the glassy state, multiple diffraction beams were observed immediately, resulting from the grating formation. We explored the effect of light intensity on the grating formation and the relation between the alignment change and η. The value of η showed a maximum when the change in photoinduced alignment was almost completed. Furthermore the value of η was relatively high (η = 20%) even though the alignment change of mesogens was small.

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Kunihiko Okano, Atsushi Shishido, Osamu Tsutsumi, Takeshi Shiono, and Tomiki Ikeda "Highly efficient formation of holographic gratings in polymer liquid crystals", Proc. SPIE 5213, Liquid Crystals VII, (5 January 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.509189

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