Azo Polymers for Optical Storage 3. Effect of Film Thickness on Net Phase Retardation and Writing Speed

Abstract

The optical writing phenomenon observed on azoaromatic containing polymer thin films exhibited a writing rate which was proportional to the intensity of the writing beam. This property of the mechanism for optically inducing dichroism and birefringence directly results in non-linear optical behavior in the thin film. The net phase retardation obtainable and writing rates are functions of the thin film thickness which reflect this nonlinear behavior. Azo polymers, Film thickness, Birefringence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 15, 1993
Accession Number
ADA272994

Entities

People

  • Almeria L. Natansohn
  • D. Bissonnette
  • Paula A. Rochon
  • Shengli Xie

Organizations

  • Queen's University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Absorption Spectra
  • Birefringence
  • Chemistry
  • Coefficients
  • Crystal Structure
  • Dichroism
  • Films
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Optical Storage
  • Polymeric Films
  • Polymers
  • Retardation
  • Thickness
  • Thin Films

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.