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Opt Lett. 2003 Nov 15;28(22):2240-2. doi: 10.1364/ol.28.002240.

Polarization holographic gratings in hybrid solgel films doped with Disperse Red 1.

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Raffaella Raschellà, Iari-Gabriel Marino, Pier Paolo Lottici, Danilo Bersani

Affiliations

  1. Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7/a, 43100 Parma, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 14649954 DOI: 10.1364/ol.28.002240

Abstract

Polarization holographic gratings in sp configuration are written at 488 nm in photorefractive organic-inorganic films based on SiO2. The films, prepared by a solgel technique, contain Disperse Red 1, carbazole units, and 2,4,7-trinitro-9-fluorenone. The gratings are characterized by their diffraction efficiency for a 632.8-nm probe. The polarization gratings act as a half-wave plate, and the diffraction efficiency is independent of the polarization direction of the probe.

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