https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2008179
Photoinduced changes in a Sudan I doped PMMA thin film
Department of physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P.R.
China
Corresponding author: cswang@sjtu.edu.cn
Received:
5
May
2008
Revised:
24
July
2008
Accepted:
16
September
2008
Published online:
6
December
2008
Photoinduced changes in a Sudan I doped PMMA thin film were investigated. The dependence of photoinduced birefringence of the thin film on light intensity was studied, with a continuous wave (CW) 532 nm laser as pump light and a CW 650 nm laser as probe light. For all the light intensities (100–1000 mW/cm2), the thin film possessed large photoinduced birefringence (Δn ~ 10−4). With a CW 532 nm laser at relatively low light intensity, a reversible polarization hologram has been recorded in the thin film. Moreover, Z-scan measurements showed that the thin film possessed large nonlinear refractive index (−7.93 × 10−5 cm 2/W) and nonlinear absorption coefficient (−5.50 W/cm) under a CW 532 nm excitation.
PACS: 78.20.Fm – Birefringence / 42.40.Ht – Hologram recording and readout methods / 42.70.Ln – Holographic recording materials; optical storage media / 42.65.Jx – Beam trapping, self-focusing and defocusing; self-phase modulation
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