Light-controlled vector polyphotochromism

Irakli Chaganava; George Kakauridze; Barbara Kilosanidze; Yuri Mshvenieradze

doi:10.1117/12.2051756

1 May 2014 Light-controlled vector polyphotochromism

Irakli Chaganava, George Kakauridze, Barbara Kilosanidze, Yuri Mshvenieradze

Proceedings Volume 9137, Organic Photonics VI; 913712 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051756
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2014, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

Phenomenon of vector polyphotochromism was observed in some high-efficient polarization-sensitive materials dependent on the radiant exposure when material was illuminated with linearly polarized actinic light. The phenomenon has purely vector nature, since under probing by unpolarized light, the transmission spectra of the irradiated and unirradiated area of the material are practically identical. However, an essential change in the transmission spectrum of the material was observed by placing the irradiated area between crossed polarizers when the orientation of the axis of induced anisotropy was of 45 degrees relative to the axes of the polarizers. The dispersion of photoanisotropy was studied at different exposure values. Kinetic curves of the photoanisotropy were obtained for wavelength of 532 nm and 635 nm of probing beam for different values of exposure (30, 60 and 250 J/cm²) with linearly polarized actinic light (457 nm). The dispersion curves of the photoanisotropy were obtained for these values of exposure showing an anomalous behavior for exposures above of 30 J/cm². This phenomenon was observed in specially synthesized organic materials based on azo dyes introduced in a polymer matrix. The difference between optical densities was obtained for polarized light with a wavelength of 532 nm and 635 nm at different exposures, which makes the prospect the dynamic polarization spectral filters controlled by light and the spectrally selective dynamic polarization holographic gratings to be created.

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Irakli Chaganava, George Kakauridze, Barbara Kilosanidze, and Yuri Mshvenieradze "Light-controlled vector polyphotochromism", Proc. SPIE 9137, Organic Photonics VI, 913712 (1 May 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051756

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