Near-infrared sensitivity enhancement of photorefractive polymer composites by pre-illumination

E Mecher, F Gallego-Gómez, H Tillmann, HH Hörhold… - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
Among the various applications for reversible holographic storage media,, a particularly
interesting one is time-gated holographic imaging (TGHI),,. This technique could provide a …

A photorefractive polymer with high optical gain and diffraction efficiency near 100%

K Meerholz, BL Volodin, Sandalphon, B Kippelen… - Nature, 1994 - nature.com
PHOTOREFRACTIVE materials are of considerable interest for the development of all-
optical devices1. The photoref ractive effect appears in materials that exhibit an electric-field …

Infrared photorefractive polymers and their applications for imaging

B Kippelen, SR Marder, E Hendrickx, JL Maldonado… - Science, 1998 - science.org
Photorefractive polymers with high diffraction efficiency in the visible and near-infrared
regions of the electromagnetic spectrum have been developed. These polymers, which have …

A polymeric optical pattern-recognition system for security verification

BL Volodin, B Kippelen, K Meerholz, B Javidi… - Nature, 1996 - nature.com
POLYMERS that exhibit the photorefractive effect—a light-induced modulation of refractive
index—are emerging as attractive materials for optical devices and processing systems1, 2 …

High-performance photorefractive polymers

M Liphardt, A Goonesekera, BE Jones, S Ducharme… - Science, 1994 - science.org
Photorefractive materials can form" instant" holograms without time-consuming development
steps. Their potential applications include image processing, optical data storage, and …

An updatable holographic three-dimensional display

S Tay, PA Blanche, R Voorakaranam, AV Tunç, W Lin… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Abstract Holographic three-dimensional (3D) displays, provide realistic images without the
need for special eyewear, making them valuable tools for applications that require …

Transillumination imaging through scattering media by use of photorefractive polymers

DD Steele, BL Volodin, O Savina, B Kippelen… - Optics letters, 1998 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the use of a near-infrared-sensitive photorefractive polymer with high
efficiency for imaging through scattering media, using an all-optical holographic time gate …

Organic glasses: a new class of photorefractive materials

PM Lundquist, R Wortmann, C Geletneky, RJ Twieg… - Science, 1996 - science.org
The performance of amorphous organic photorefractive (PR) materials in applications such
as optical data storage is generally limited by the concentration of active molecules …

Full-field coherence-gated holographic imaging through scattering media using a photorefractive polymer composite device

P Dean, MR Dickinson, DP West - Applied Physics Letters, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
We report full-field, retroreflective holographic imaging through turbid media using a
photorefractive polymer composite as a coherence gate. A four-wave mixing geometry was …

Holographic digital data storage in a photorefractive polymer

PM Lundquist, C Poga, RG DeVoe, Y Jia… - Optics letters, 1996 - opg.optica.org
We report high-contrast storage of 64-kbit digital data pages in a photorefractive polymer
material. Single-page writing, reading, and erasing operations were demonstrated with a …