偶氮染料掺杂PVA的全光开关特性研究

光开关是光通信、光计算机、光信息处理等领域的重要光学元件。利用半导体激光(473nm)作为泵浦光,He-Ne激光(632.8nm)作为探测光,实验研究了偶氮染料掺杂PVA薄膜材料光致双折射效应信号的生长、擦除、衰减特性,分析了泵浦光偏振方向与探测光偏振方向夹角、泵浦光功率对光致双折射效应和全光开关特性的影响,探讨了该材料在光开关方面的应用前景。     

一种新的双偶氮染料掺杂聚合物薄膜的光致双折射及偏振全息的研究

作为一种有可能作为永久信息存储的材料,合成出一种新的双偶氮材料(BA1)。当样品被波长为532nm的光激发时,几乎大部分BA1分子从反-反态转化到顺-顺态,产生了光致双折射。因此,研究了BA1分子掺杂的PMMA薄膜的光致双折射和透过信号与入射光强度的关系。实验结果表明:透过信号强度随着泵浦光的增强而增强。通过偏振态互相平行(SS)和垂直(SP)的两束偏振光用来研究偏振全息存储,结果表明SP光栅形成的衍射信号要比SS光栅的衍射信号强很多。     

甲基橙掺杂聚乙烯醇薄膜光致双折射的特性研究

介绍了在近代物理实验中开设偶氮染料甲基橙掺杂PVA薄膜的光致双折射特性实验.实验结果表明样品的光致双折射反应程度和激发光功率成正比例关系;在激发光功率一定的情况下,当激发光偏振方向与探测光偏振方向夹角为45°时样品的光致双折射反应程度达到最大.     

甲基橙偶氮染料掺杂聚乙烯醇薄膜的光存储特性研究

研究了甲基橙(MO)偶氮染料掺杂聚乙烯醇(PVA)薄膜的光致双折射和全息光存储特性.利用YAG激光二倍频(532nm)作为写入光,He-Ne激光(632.8nm)作为读出光,考察了不同染料浓度薄膜的光致双折射,探讨了光致双折射和泵浦光功率的关系,并实现了全息光存储.阐明了MO/PVA光存储的物理机制.     

泵浦光偏振态的改变对SO/PMMA薄膜光致双折射的影响

在紫外光伴随下,用偏振态分别为s和p的HeNe激光器发出的632.8nm红光(均为10mW)交替激发螺恶嗪掺杂的聚甲基丙烯酸甲脂薄膜(SO/PMMA),用532nm的绿光(0.1mW)作为探测光记录光致双折射的动力学过程.实验发现透射信号被周期性调制,而且每次调制的最大值随时间逐渐减小并最终趋于稳定.指出了泵浦过程中的异构动态平衡与取向动态平衡并存的物理机制.     

利用偏振光控制的光学转换新方法

报道了一种新的非相干-相干光学转换方法,该方法利用了偏振光对含偶氮材料中自衍射的增强和抑制作用,所用样品为具有较大光致双折射(δ_n=1.3×10^-2)的偶氮掺杂聚合物薄膜.研究结果表明,当泵浦光偏振方向与两束记录光垂直/平行时,衍射效率得到了极大的增强/抑制.本文通过改变泵浦光的偏振方向得到了入射非相干图象的正片和负片.     

光致异构全光逻辑门理论与实验研究

基于双光抽运探测模型，利用偶氮苯聚合物光致异构和光致双折射效应，建立了全光逻辑门的理论分析模型，提出了一种新颖的全光逻辑门设计方案.该方案基于输入抽运光和信号光的强度或偏振态，设计了“与”门、“或”门、“异或”门和“异或非”门等基本功能的全光逻辑门.以掺杂分散红1(DR1)的聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)薄膜为样品进行实验，得到了比较好的逻辑门运算实验结果，与理论分析相符合.     

偶氮液晶聚合物薄膜的二维偏振全息记录

利用偏振全息记录的方法在一种含偶氮侧链的液晶聚合物薄膜中写入了二维偏振光栅.实验采用两束正交偏振的532 nm线偏光作为写入光，在样品同一点上分别记录了相互垂直的两个一维偏振光栅，继而对所构成的二维偏振光栅的特性进行了研究.实验结果表明：二维光栅的衍射效率比一维光栅低，其偏振特性是两个一维光栅元特性的叠加；二维光栅衍射效率对入射光偏振态的依赖性和光栅的偏振转换性质来源于材料中线双折射和圆双折射的共同作用. 关键词： 偏振全息 二维光栅 偶氮液晶聚合物     

不同基体刚性偶氮化合物光致光学各向异性及其唯象模拟

在不同刚性的聚合物基体聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯（PMMA）、聚乙烯咔唑（PVK）和聚苯乙烯（PS）薄膜基体中掺入相同质量分数（均为0．003）的分散红13（DRl3）偶氮染料。以线偏振连续Ar^＋激光（514nm）作为控制光，连续He-Ne激光（632．8nm）作为信号光考察了具有相同厚度的三种样品在相同控制光功率（15mW）下的光致双折射效应。实验发现刚性较大的聚乙烯咔唑基体样品的双折射效应最小，刚性最小的聚苯乙烯基体样品的双折射效应最大。在偶氮生色团光致异构的四能级模型基础上，建立一新的唯象的模型。在模型中引入描述聚合物基体刚性的参量s，通过数值计算描述了不同基体刚性参量s对偶氮生色团光致异构取向的影响。计算结果表明，基体的刚性越大，样品的光致双折射效应越小，定性地解释了实验现象。     

偶氮材料——乙基橙的光致双折射特性

将偶氮化合物乙基橙样品置于一对正交的偏振片之间，用一束激发光照射该样品，分别测量 在激发光的不同强度和不同偏振方向下探测光的透射功率，研究样品的双折射特性.实验表 明，透射光的饱和值和稳定值与激发光强成正比，且与激发光偏振方向有关，探测光与激发 光振动方向的夹角(θ)为45°时，其值最大；若θ不太小（>10°），sin²2θ 与透射光的饱和值、稳定值成线性关系.同时，利用巴俾涅补偿器对样品的双折射率差进 行了测量，分别得到了绿光激发前后的准确数值为1.11×10^-3和3.57×10 ^-3. 关键词： 偶氮 双折射 测量     

CS_2飞秒超快非线性特性的实验研究

采用中心波长800 nm、脉宽30 fs的超短激光脉冲,通过飞秒光开关技术对CS_2的飞秒超快非线性特性进行了实验研究.在探测光强与抽运光强比为1∶10时,得到了较理想的光克尔时间分辨曲线.通过实验测定的光克尔信号强度与激发光和探测光偏振方向夹角的依赖关系表明:30 fs的超短激光脉冲激发CS_2的克尔信号主要是源于光诱导双折射效应,而非用200 fs的超短激光脉冲时来自瞬态栅的自衍射效应.     

Large inverse relaxation of photoinduced birefringence in an azobenzene-containing ionic self-assembly complex

Photoinduced anisotropy and polarization holographic recording were investigated in an azobenzene-containing ionic self-assembly complex. The complex film was found to possess large photoinduced dichroism (D～0.36) and photoinduced birefringence (Δn～10^?2). A noteworthy observation was that the photoinduced birefringence did not show any decay, but strongly increased after switching off the pump light at room temperature. The diffracted signals of the polarization holographic gratings, written by two orthogonally linear and circular polarized beams respectively, exhibited similar inverse relaxation behavior as the photoinduced birefringence after switching off the writing lights. A discussion about the mechanism accounting for the abnormal relaxation process of photoinduced birefringence is presented.     

All optical switching in azo-polymer planar waveguide

In this paper all optical switching in planar methyl red doped poly (methyl methacrylate) (MR/PMMA) waveguide and the effects of different parameters on this process are presented. Switching was achieved by a 488 nm Ar ion laser (pump beam) on a 633 nm He-Ne laser (probe beam) when passed through the waveguide. The effect of temperature and pump intensity, polarization and chopping frequency on switching is investigated. The switching process is attributed to trans-cis-trans photoisomerization of azo dyes in the polymer host. By studying the absorption spectrum of the sample, it is shown that both pump and probe laser beams are effective on the switching process.     

Nonlinear refraction and photoinduced birefringence in chlorophosphonazo I doped polymer thin films

The nonlinear refraction and photoinduced birefringence of chlorophosphonazo I (CPA I ) doped PVA thin films were investigated. The single-beam Z-scan measurement showed that CPA I doped PVA thin film possessed a large value of nonlinear refractive index (n₂=1.82×10⁻¹² cm²/W) under a pulse 532 nm excitation, and the mechanism accounting for the process of nonlinear refraction was discussed in term of resonant electronic effect. Moreover, fast and stable molecular reorientation was observed when investigating the photoinduced birefringence of CPA I doped PVA thin film with a CW 532 nm laser as pump light and a CW 650 nm laser as probe light.     

Photoinduced Birefringence in Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Polymeric Thin Films Doped with Di-Azo Sudan G

Photoinduced birefringence in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), polymeric thin films doped with di-azo Sudan G was investigated. A pump-probe method was used to study the dynamic behavior of the birefringence. The mechanism for the inducement of birefringence is discussed in terms of the photoisomerization of the di-azo Sudan G molecules. The results showed that the dynamic evolution of the photoinduced birefringence was such that the average birefringence increased, saturated, and then decreased with respect to the laser pump intensity. Also, an exponential-like relationship was observed between both the saturation and the isotropic states of the averaged transmitted probe beam (expressing the residual anisotropy) and the birefringence on one hand, and the intensity amplitudes of the pumping powers on the other hand.     

Mueller matrix-based optimization of reflective type twisted nematic liquid crystal SLM at oblique incidences

Mueller matrix measurements were used to characterize the polarization properties of liquid crystal-based reflective type twisted nematic (TN) special light modulator (SLM) at oblique incidence of the laser beam. The experimentally obtained Mueller matrices were used to obtain the combination of polarization optics required to optimize it for phase only modulation. The results indicate that minimum intensity modulation is obtained with the use of a polarizer followed by a quarter wave plate (QWP) in polarization state generator (PSG) arm and a QWP followed by an analyzer in polarization state analyzer arm (PSA). Polarization parameters such as retardance, rotation and depolarization were calculated from the experimentally obtained Mueller matrices using polar decomposition method at different angle of incidences of the laser beam and the results has been discussed. The similarity between retardance and depolarization curve as a function of address voltage of TNSLM indicated that depolarization is mainly associated with errors in retardance values. Further, spectral Mueller matrix measurements were used to obtain intensity modulation response in the range of wavelengths 450-700 nm for broadband applications.     

一种新的非相干-相干光学转换方法

报道了一种新的非相干-相干光学转换方法,该方法是基于对介质中光致双折射的局部擦除.所用样品为一种含偶氮基侧链聚合物液晶薄膜,该液晶薄膜具有显着的光致双折射和永久光学存储特性.将样品放置在两块相互正交的偏振片之间,用线偏振光在样品中产生稳定的双折射,然后通过入射的非相干图象进行局部地擦除,相干图象由一束He-Ne激光读出.所得相干图象为入射的非相干图象的负片.     

Birefringent azopolymer long period fiber gratings induced by 532 nm polarized laser

Based on the photoinduced birefringence in azo materials, the model of the birefringent long period fiber gratings (BLPFGs) has been proposed and the transmission of such birefringent fiber gratings was further simulated by the coupled mode theory. In order to obtain the optimum condition for making birefringent azopolymer optical fiber (APOF) gratings the photoinduced birefringence of azo dye and methyl methacrylate (MMA) copolymers was systematically studied. After photosensitivity study of azo samples, using Teflon technique, azo dye containing single mode polymer optical fiber (POF) was fabricated. Finally, BLPFGs can be fabricated in azopolymer fiber using polarized 532 nm laser. A 120 μm LPFG with a 50% duty cycle has been successfully written within the core of the fiber with 532 nm laser by an amplitude mask method. Under polarized microphotography, the grating was observed when the optical axis was set at 45° with the direction of the first polarizing lens of the polarization microscope.     

Polarization holographic gratings in an azobenzene side-chain liquid-crystalline polymer

Polarization holographic recording was investigated in a liquid-crystalline azobenzene side-chain polymer. A highly stable polarization holographic grating with the diffraction efficiency of 12.6% was written in the polymer film by two orthogonally linearly polarized 532 nm beams with equal intensities of 150 mW/cm². The polarization grating was studied with a 633 nm probe beam by surveying the conversion of the polarization state of the probe beam and measuring the dependence of diffraction efficiency on the polarization direction of the probe beam. It was found that the ± first-order diffraction efficiency and the polarization of the diffracted wave depended strongly on the polarization of the readout wave. The unusual diffraction properties of the recorded grating were attributed to the presence of the circular photoinduced birefringence. PACS 42.40.Ht; 42.40.Lx; 78.20.Fm