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2021

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Spectral, Morphological and Dynamical Analysis of a Holographic Grating Recorded in a Photo-Mobile Composite Polymer Mixture

Lucchetta De, Castagna R, Singh G, Riminesi C, Di Donato A

QD1-999 Chemistry Article holography all-optical switching photomobile polymer

We report on the morphological, spectral and dynamical characterization of one-dimensional transmission holographic volume phase gratings, whose refractive index contrast and nanometric pitch are dynamically controlled by an incident laser light. The grating is obtained by the photo-polymerization of a recently developed photo-mobile holographic composite polymer material. The observed changes in the refractive index contrast and grating pitch strongly suggest that the reversible all-optical real-time modulation of the obtained diffraction efficiency is induced by nano-fluidics.

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@article{oai:it.cnr:prodotti:460401,
	title = {Spectral, Morphological and Dynamical Analysis of a Holographic Grating Recorded in a Photo-Mobile Composite Polymer Mixture},
	author = {Lucchetta De and Castagna R and Singh G and Riminesi C and Di Donato A},
	doi = {10.3390/nano11112925},
	year = {2021}
}

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