- Conference Article
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- 10.1117/12.826999
Transmission, reflection, and absorption gratings in photorefractive polymers
- Aug 20, 2009
- Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE
- Partha P Banerjee + 6 more +6
Two-beam coupling (TBC) in a photorefractive polymer using transmission and reflection geometries is investigated. With drift (due to an applied electric field) and diffusion, a linearized analysis suggests a phase shift between the intensity grating and the induced refractive index grating different from the ideal value of 90 degrees, which is supported by experimental results using a transmission grating geometry. In a self-pumped reflection grating geometry, which is also experimentally studied, the phase shift can be closer to 90 degrees due to a shorter grating period. Absorption and absorption gratings during TBC is also experimentally investigated.
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