Dye-doped liquid crystals as high-resolution recording media

被引:97
作者
Simoni, F
Francescangeli, O
Reznikov, Y
Slussarenko, S
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[1] UNIV ANCONA,INFM,I-60131 ANCONA,ITALY
[2] UKRAINIAN ACAD SCI,INST PHYS,KIEV,UKRAINE
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10.1364/OL.22.000549
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Light-induced anchoring of the molecular director is reported to be an efficient method for writing permanent holographic gratings in dye-doped liquid crystals. We have achieved higher sensitivity and spatial resolution in these materials with other methods. An energy density as low as 10(-1) J/cm(2) was sufficient to write gratings with a resolution higher than 100 lines/mm. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.
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