OPTICALLY SWITCHED VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS

被引:8
作者
MALCUIT, MS [1 ]
STONE, TW [1 ]
机构
[1] WAVEFRONT RES INC,BETHLEHEM,PA 18018
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10.1364/OL.20.001328
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We optically switched the diffraction efficiency of volume holographic elements recorded in DMP-128 photopolymer by use of a thermal nonlinearity of the liquid crystal 5CB. The Liquid crystal was incorporated into the volume grating. The diffraction efficiency of small areas of the grating was switched with a control beam power of several milliwatts. The intensity of a signal beam at a different wavelength and arbitrary power was switched with time constants below 1 ms.
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页数:3
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