On surface relief gratings in azo-polymers

S. Moujdi; A. Rahmouni; T. Mahfoud; D. Nesterenko; M. Halim; Z. Sekkat

doi:10.1117/12.2320625

14 September 2018 On surface relief gratings in azo-polymers

S. Moujdi, A. Rahmouni, T. Mahfoud, D. Nesterenko, M. Halim, Z. Sekkat

Proceedings Volume 10740, Molecular Machines; 107400A (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320625
Event: SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, 2018, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Over the past two decades, surface relief gratings have attracted much interest owing to their potential applications in optical data storage and optical communication and holography. Azobenzene-containing polymer films show an interesting behavior under irradiation with light interference patterns. The inhomogeneous irradiation; e.g. due to the interference pattern, of the azo-polymer film causes mass movement of the polymer from bright to dark area, and the mechanism underlying the formation of SRG finds its origin in the photoisomerization force. The latter is due to an inhomogeneous light irradiation which causes photoisomerization and increases the polymer mobility in the bright area, and owing to the intensity gradient, due to light interference, the photoisomerization force moves the polymer from the bright area into the dark. In this paper we discuss our experiments of holographic recording in films of Poly (Disperse Red 1 methacrylate); e.g. azo-polymer films, and the recorded surface relief gratings were investigated by using atomic force microscopy. The dependence of the polarization state and intensity of the writing beams was studied, and the diffraction efficiency was monitored in real time during the process of inscription. A brief description of the photoisomerization force is given.

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S. Moujdi, A. Rahmouni, T. Mahfoud, D. Nesterenko, M. Halim, and Z. Sekkat "On surface relief gratings in azo-polymers", Proc. SPIE 10740, Molecular Machines, 107400A (14 September 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320625

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