Photorefractive effect in a photoconductive electro-optic carbazole trimer

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Wang, LM [1 ]
Zhang, YD [1 ]
Wada, T [1 ]
Sasabe, H [1 ]
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[1] RIKEN,INST PHYS & CHEM RES,FRONTIER RES PROGRAM,WAKO,SAITAMA 35101,JAPAN
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10.1063/1.117872
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We present an experimental study of the photorefractive effect in a multifunctional carbazole trimer sensitized with 2,4,7-trinitro-9-fluorenone. The trimer consists of a central carbazole ring which is conjugated with two 6-dicyanovinylcarbazoles through ethynylene groups. It exhibits intrinsically photocarrier transporting, electro-optic, film-forming, and room-temperature poling properties. Photorefractive effect at a wavelength of 633 nm was demonstrated by measuring the phase shift of refractive index and asymmetric energy transfer in a two-beam coupling experiment. A large net photorefractive gain coefficient (Gamma-alpha) of 76/cm was obtained in a sensitizer-optimized material. A four-wave mixing experiment was carried out to measure the magnitude of index modulation and dynamics of the grating formation. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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