% Synthesis and Properties of Photorefractive Polymers Containing Indole-Based Multifunctional Chromophore as a Pendant Group

H Moon, J Hwang, N Kim, SY Park - Macromolecules, 2000 - ACS Publications
Novel photorefractive chromophores with indole and nitrobenzene as the push and pull
groups, respectively, were synthesized and subsequently reacted with methacryloyl and …

Polymer dispersed liquid crystals: effects of photorefractivity and local heating on holographic recording

F Simoni, G Cipparrone, A Mazzulla, P Pagliusi - Chemical physics, 1999 - Elsevier
We report a detailed investigation of the photorefractive origin of permanent orientational
gratings recorded by holographic technique in dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystal …

Synthesis and characterization of polysiloxanes containing carbazolyl and sulfonyl-indole based chromophore as side chains

Z Li, J Li, J Qin, A Qin, C Ye - Polymer, 2005 - Elsevier
A new post-functional strategy was developed to prepare polysiloxanes with the sulfonyl-
indole based chromophore and carbazolyl side groups. Thus a polysiloxane (P1) with indole …

Synthesis of novel poly {methyl-[3-(9-indolyl) propyl] siloxane}-based nonlinear optical polymers via postfunctionalization

Z Li, J Hua, Q Li, C Huang, A Qin, C Ye, J Qin - Polymer, 2005 - Elsevier
A novel series of nonlinear optical (NLO) polysiloxanes with a high density of chromophore
moieties based on poly {methyl-[3-(9-indolyl) propyl] siloxane}(PMIPS) were synthesized by …

Experimental detection of the optical pendellösung effect

ML Calvo, P Cheben, O Martínez-Matos, F Del Monte… - Physical review …, 2006 - APS
We report observations of periodic oscillatory behavior of the angular selectivity, near the
Bragg angle, in volume holographic gratings recorded in a new photopolymerizable glass …

Monolithic photorefractive organic glasses with large coupling gain and strong beam fanning

U Gubler, M He, D Wright, Y Roh, R Twieg… - Advanced …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
A monolithic photorefractive organic glass with large gain coefficients at low electric fields is
presented. The molecule DCDHF‐6 (see Figure) acts simultaneously as charge transport …

Development of fully functionalized photorefractive polymers

Q Wang, L Wang, L Yu - Macromolecular rapid …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we review recent progress in the area of photorefractive polymers.
Photorefractive (PR) polymers are multifunctional materials which combine …

Orientational gratings in dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystals induced by the photorefractive effect

G Cipparrone, A Mazzulla, F Simoni - Optics letters, 1998 - opg.optica.org
We report the observation of orientational gratings induced by the photorefractive effect in
dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystals. The photorefractive origin of the grating …

Homogeneous photorefractive polymer/nematogen composite

J Zhang, KD Singer - Applied physics letters, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
A photorefractive composite consisting of the polymer polyN-vinylcarbazole PVK doped with
4, 4-n-pentylcyanobiphenyl 5CB and C60 is reported. The material shows no sign of phase …

High-performance polysiloxane-based photorefractive polymers with nonlinear optical azo, stilbene, and tolane chromophores

S Schloter, U Hofmann, P Strohriegl, HW Schmidt… - JOSA B, 1998 - opg.optica.org
The performance of photorefractive (PR) polymers strongly depends on the incorporated
nonlinear-optical chromophores. We compare three polysiloxane-based PR guest–host …