Nonlinear optical molecular properties associated with cis-trans photochromic transformation

David Dantsker; Shammai Speiser

doi:10.1117/12.165268

16 December 1993 Nonlinear optical molecular properties associated with cis-trans photochromic transformation

David Dantsker, Shammai Speiser

Proceedings Volume 2025, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials VI; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165268
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we examine the nonlinear optical properties of molecular systems undergoing cis-trans photoisomerization process. Such a process gives rise to dynamic photochromism on a picosecond time scale. A kinetic analysis of a general cis-trans nonlinear organic absorber is performed. The analysis is used to derive an expression for the complex nonlinear-molecular index of refraction. The properties of a molecular SLM based on such an absorber are discussed by examining the azo type molecular system. These calculations predict an optimum contrast ratio and fast on-off switching for the SLM performance, achieved at low read-write laser intensities.

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David Dantsker and Shammai Speiser "Nonlinear optical molecular properties associated with cis-trans photochromic transformation", Proc. SPIE 2025, Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Materials VI, (16 December 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165268

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