Polarization dependence of holographic surface relief gratings recorded on azobenzene polymers

Xinli Jiang; Jayant Kumar; D. Y. Kim; Lian Li; Sukant K. Tripathy

doi:10.1117/12.305568

16 April 1998 Polarization dependence of holographic surface relief gratings recorded on azobenzene polymers

Xinli Jiang, Jayant Kumar, D. Y. Kim, Lian Li, Sukant K. Tripathy

Proceedings Volume 3321, 1996 Symposium on Smart Materials, Structures, and MEMS; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.305568
Event: Smart Materials, Structures and MEMS, 1996, Bangalore, India

Abstract

We report our investigations of polarization dependent recording of surface relief gratings on azobenzene containing polymer films. The experimental results indicate that the localized variations of magnitude and polarization of the resultant electric field and the existence of a nonzero component of the resultant electric field along the light intensity gradient direction in the film are essential to the formation of the surface relief gratings. Large surface modulation (> 6500 angstroms) were obtained under optimal recording conditions. It has been found that under optimal recording condition, the diffraction efficiency of the surface relief grating is dependent only on the total light energy incident on the film surface and the diffraction efficiency increase rate is proportion to the intensity of recording beams.

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Xinli Jiang, Jayant Kumar, D. Y. Kim, Lian Li, and Sukant K. Tripathy "Polarization dependence of holographic surface relief gratings recorded on azobenzene polymers", Proc. SPIE 3321, 1996 Symposium on Smart Materials, Structures, and MEMS, (16 April 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.305568

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