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Photorefractive inorganic-organic polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal nanocomposite photosensitized with cadmium sulfide quantum dots

  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

We report on a new photorefractive medium consisting of a hole-transporting polymer composite matrix, electro-optically active nanodroplets of liquid crystals, and cadmium sulfide quantum dots as photosensitizers. This medium exhibits greater than 90% internal diffraction efficiency and a net two-beam coupling gain of 22.5 cm-1 with a response time of < 1 min. Data on optical transmission are also presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1330-1332
Number of pages3
JournalOptics Letters
Volume27
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2002

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