Photorefractive polymer local field and order parameter measurements

Author

Rahn, M.D. ; West, D.P. ; Shakos, J.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Manchester Univ., UK

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

278

Abstract

Summary form only given. Polymeric nonlinear optical materials have been subject to intense research activity because of simple device manufacturing. Photorefractive polymer (PRP) materials may find use in applications such as holographic data storage. For holographic data storage in PRPs, interfering laser beams produce a patterned space charge field via charge generation, drift and trapping.

Keywords

electro-optical effects; holographic storage; laser beams; light interference; nonlinear optics; optical polymers; photorefractive materials; space charge; charge drift; charge generation; charge trapping; holographic data storage; intense research activity; interfering laser beams; order parameter measurements; patterned space charge field; photorefractive polymer local field; photorefractive polymer materials; polymeric nonlinear optical materials; simple device manufacturing; Birefringence; Extraterrestrial measurements; Holographic optical components; Holography; Optical filters; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Photorefractive effect; Polarization; Space charge;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834187

Filename

834187