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Novel Sol-Gel Processed Photorefractive Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Ryszard Burzynski,
Saswati Ghosal,
Martin K. Casstevens and
Yue Zhang
Ryszard Burzynski
Affiliation:
Laser Photonics Technology, Inc., 1576 Sweet Home Rd., Amherst, NY 14228
Saswati Ghosal
Affiliation:
Laser Photonics Technology, Inc., 1576 Sweet Home Rd., Amherst, NY 14228
Martin K. Casstevens
Affiliation:
Laser Photonics Technology, Inc., 1576 Sweet Home Rd., Amherst, NY 14228
Yue Zhang
Affiliation:
ROI Technology, Optical Materials Division, 2000 Cornwall Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852
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Abstract

We report the development and characterization of a new photorefractive multifunctional ormosil consisting of a second-order nonlinear optical chromophore and a charge transporting group covalently bound to a silicon atom. The sol-gel technique is used to process this ormosil into a homogeneous, single-phase material which exhibits electrooptic and charge transporting properties. When doped with a photocharge generation sensitizer, the material shows photorefractivity as evidenced by the electric field dependence of the four-wave mixing diffraction efficiency and that of the two-beam coupling gain.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 435: Symposium V – Better Ceramics Through Chemistry VII , 1996, 595
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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