Fast optical recording in dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal films

被引:15
作者
Fuh, AYG [1 ]
Liao, CC
Tsai, CY
Lu, CL
Hsieh, DM
机构
[1] Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Dept Phys, Tainan 701, Taiwan
[2] Fortune Inst Technol, Dept Elect Engn, Kaohsiung 710, Taiwan
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10.1364/OL.26.000447
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We describe a fast optical recording material based on a dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal film. A holographic grating is written in this film with a single Q-switched Nd:YAG laser pulse that has a duration of similar to6 ns. Such a grating is due to the reorientation effect of the liquid-crystal molecules through interaction with the photoinduced adsorption of the doped azo dyes. Experimental results indicate that the grating thus formed is permanent but electrically switchable. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.
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