Polarization gratings in sol-gel thin films investigated through the moving grating technique

Raffaella Raschellà; Iari-Gabriel Marino; Pier Paolo Lottici; Danilo Bersani

doi:10.1117/12.677301

9 June 2006 Polarization gratings in sol-gel thin films investigated through the moving grating technique

Raffaella Raschellà, Iari-Gabriel Marino, Pier Paolo Lottici, Danilo Bersani

Proceedings Volume 6252, Holography 2005: International Conference on Holography, Optical Recording, and Processing of Information; 62522E (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.677301
Event: Holography 2005: International Conference on Holography, Optical Recording, and Processing of Information, 2005, Varna, Bulgaria

Abstract

Intensity and pure polarization holographic gratings in silica-based sol-gel thin films, containing carbazole group and Disperse Red 1, are obtained by photoisomerization at 488 nm and are investigated by means of the moving grating technique (MGT). General equations relating the modulated MGT signal to amplitudes and phase shifts of the index and absorption gratings are derived for thin films in the case of different polarization configurations. It is shown that the technique, commonly used to characterize photorefractive gratings, is a powerful tool to investigate the orientation mechanisms responsible for the holographic polarization gratings formation.

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Raffaella Raschellà, Iari-Gabriel Marino, Pier Paolo Lottici, and Danilo Bersani "Polarization gratings in sol-gel thin films investigated through the moving grating technique", Proc. SPIE 6252, Holography 2005: International Conference on Holography, Optical Recording, and Processing of Information, 62522E (9 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.677301

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