Using the photoinduced reversible refractive-index change of an azobenzene co-polymer to reconfigure an optical Bragg grating

被引：39
|
作者：
Parker, Richard M. [1 ,2 ]
Gates, James C. [2 ]
Rogers, Helen L. [2 ]
Smith, Peter G. R. [2 ]
Grossel, Martin C. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Southampton, Sch Chem, Southampton, Hants, England
[2] Univ Southampton, Optoelect Res Ctr, Southampton SO9 5NH, Hants, England
来源：
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY | 2010年 / 20卷 / 41期
关键词：
LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE PROPERTIES; FILTER;
D O I：
10.1039/c0jm01334j
中图分类号：
O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];
学科分类号：
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要：
A photoactive material has been synthesised in which azobenzene units are attached to a methyl methacrylate/2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate co-polymer and shows repeated photoresponsive switching upon irradiation at 365 nm and 254 nm with long term thermal stability. In combination with a direct UV-written silica-on-silicon Bragg grating, this has been used to fabricate a prototype optical device which undergoes reversible refractive index changes at telecom wavelengths. The 63 GHz tuning response demonstrated by this device has potential applicability for reconfigurable dispersion compensation for use in optical networks.
引用
收藏
页码：9118 / 9125
页数：8
相关论文
共 27 条
  • [1] PHOTOINDUCED REFRACTIVE-INDEX CHANGE IN A PHOTOCONDUCTIVE ELECTROOPTIC POLYMER
    KAWAKAMI, T
    SONODA, N
    [J]. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1993, 62 (18) : 2167 - 2169
  • [2] REFRACTIVE-INDEX OF VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE CO-POLYMER
    YAMADA, T
    KUROKAWA, T
    [J]. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1982, 40 (05) : 364 - 366
  • [3] LARGE STABLE PHOTOINDUCED REFRACTIVE-INDEX CHANGE IN A NONLINEAR OPTICAL POLYESTER POLYMER WITH DISPERSE RED SIDE GROUPS
    SHI, YQ
    STEIER, WH
    YU, LP
    CHEN, M
    DALTON, LR
    [J]. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1991, 58 (11) : 1131 - 1133
  • [4] PHOTOINDUCED REFRACTIVE-INDEX CHANGE AND BIREFRINGENCE IN POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) CONTAINING P-(DIMETHYLAMINO)AZOBENZENE
    MORINO, S
    MACHIDA, S
    YAMASHITA, T
    HORIE, K
    [J]. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY, 1995, 99 (25): : 10280 - 10284
  • [5] Temperature-Compensated Refractive-Index Sensing Using a Single Bragg Grating in an Abrupt Fiber Taper
    Ran, Yang
    Jin, Long
    Sun, Li-Peng
    Li, Jie
    Guan, Bai-Ou
    [J]. IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL, 2013, 5 (02):
  • [6] Narrowband 1.5-μm Bragg filter based on a polymer waveguide with a laser-written refractive-index grating
    Sokolov, V. I.
    Panchenko, V. Ya
    Seminogov, V. N.
    [J]. QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 2010, 40 (08) : 739 - 742
  • [7] Effect of CO2 laser irradiation on the refractive-index change in optical fibers
    Kim, BH
    Ahn, TJ
    Kim, DY
    Lee, BH
    Chung, Y
    Paek, UC
    Han, WT
    [J]. APPLIED OPTICS, 2002, 41 (19) : 3809 - 3815
  • [8] Large photoinduced refractive index change of polymer films containing and bearing norbornadiene groups and its application to submicron-scale refractive-index patterning
    Kato, Y
    Muta, H
    Takahashi, S
    Horie, K
    Nagai, T
    [J]. POLYMER JOURNAL, 2001, 33 (11) : 868 - 873
  • [9] Large Photoinduced Refractive Index Change of Polymer Films Containing and Bearing Norbornadiene Groups and Its Application to Submicron-Scale Refractive-Index Patterning
    Yuichi Kato
    Hirokazu Muta
    Satoshi Takahashi
    Kazuyuki Horie
    Takabumi Nagai
    [J]. Polymer Journal, 2001, 33 : 868 - 873
  • [10] Refractive-Index Profile Reconstruction in Graded-Index Polymer Optical Fibers Using Raman Spectroscopy
    Azkune, Mikel
    Ortega-Gomez, Angel
    Ayesta, Igor
    Zubia, Joseba
    [J]. MATERIALS, 2020, 13 (10)
123