Photorefractive properties of TNFM-sensitized PVK-based polymer composites and fully functionalized polymethacrylates

Eric Hendrickx; David Van Steenwinckel; Christiaan Engels; Elke Gubbelmans; Kurt Van den Broeck; David Beljonne; Jean Luc Bredas; Celest Samyn; Andre Persoons

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Photorefractive properties of TNFM-sensitized PVK-based polymer composites and fully functionalized polymethacrylates

Eric Hendrickx^*, David Van Steenwinckel, Christiaan Engels, Elke Gubbelmans, Kurt Van den Broeck, David Beljonne, Jean Luc Bredas, Celest Samyn, Andre Persoons

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We have studied the photorefractive properties of (2,4,7-trinitro-9-fluorenylidene)malononitrile (TNFM) sensitized poly(N-vinylcarbazole)/N-ethylcarbazole polymer composites doped with 2-(3,5,5-trimethylhex-2-ene-1-ylidene)-1,3-propanedinitrile and related dyes. Characterization included four-wave mixing experiments, two-beam coupling and photoconductivity measurements at a wavelength of 780 nm. At an applied field of 53 V/μm, we have observed complete internal diffraction and at 68 V/μm a gain coefficient of 230 cm^-1. Small alterations in the chromophore donor group substituents were used to tune the ionization potential of the dopant dye by 0.3 eV. They affected the grating build-up time, photorefractive phase shift, and complexation with TNFM. This performance is compared to that of three newly synthesized polymethacrylates functionalized with carbazole, a dodecyl chain as an internal plasticizer and three different dyes. Here we observe net two-beam coupling gain and a diffraction efficiency of 60% at 58 V/μm.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	130-139
Number of pages	10
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4104
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.406477
State	Published - 2000
Externally published	Yes
Event	Organic Photorefractives, Photoreceptors, and Nanocomposites - San Diego, CA, USA Duration: Jul 31 2000 → Aug 1 2000

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Hendrickx, E., Van Steenwinckel, D., Engels, C., Gubbelmans, E., Van den Broeck, K., Beljonne, D., Bredas, J. L., Samyn, C., & Persoons, A. (2000). Photorefractive properties of TNFM-sensitized PVK-based polymer composites and fully functionalized polymethacrylates. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 4104, 130-139. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.406477

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Hendrickx, E, Van Steenwinckel, D, Engels, C, Gubbelmans, E, Van den Broeck, K, Beljonne, D, Bredas, JL, Samyn, C & Persoons, A 2000, 'Photorefractive properties of TNFM-sensitized PVK-based polymer composites and fully functionalized polymethacrylates', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 4104, pp. 130-139. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.406477

Photorefractive properties of TNFM-sensitized PVK-based polymer composites and fully functionalized polymethacrylates. / Hendrickx, Eric; Van Steenwinckel, David; Engels, Christiaan et al.
In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 4104, 2000, p. 130-139.

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Photorefractive properties of TNFM-sensitized PVK-based polymer composites and fully functionalized polymethacrylates

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