| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5211136 | Reactive and Functional Polymers | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Novel azobenzene chromophore-containing polymer has been synthesized. The synthesized azobenzene monomer and polymer have been characterized by using 1H NMR, FT-IR and UV-Vis spectra. Photoinduced birefringence has been realized in the polymer system under low optical driving power (at milliwatt magnitude). The reversibility of the photoinduced birefringence is more than 90%. The polymer system shows almost fully reversible photoinduced birefringence which is ideal for all-optical switching and modulation of light in the fields of all-optical communication and signal processing.
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Authors
Hongping Zhu, Shuizhu Wu, Fang Zeng, Shenglan Yao, Jianqing Zhao, Weilong She, Duanbin Luo, Weigang Feng,