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Publication
Applied Optics
Paper
Optical properties of poly(n-vinylcarbazole)-based guest-host photorefractive polymer systems
Abstract
The photorefractive properties of poly(N-vinylcarbazole) doped with a variety of nonlinear optical chromophores and sensitizing agents are surveyed. Steady-state diffraction efficiencies of greater than 10− 3 and two-beam coupling gain exceeding the absorption loss are found in six materials combinations. The effect of the structure of the nonlinear optical chromophore on the photorefractive properties is discussed. © 1994 Optical Society of America.