We report the realization and the characterization of an all-optical switching device based on a transmission grating recorded in a polymeric substrate infiltrated with a methyl red-doped liquid crystal. The properties of this highly nonlinear mixture are exploited to modulate the diffraction of the grating by a pump beam when a static electric field is applied. The behavior of the device is in agreement with the existing model for methyl red-doped liquid crystals. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics.
All-optical switching of diffraction gratings infiltrated with dye-doped liquid crystals / Lucchetta, Daniele Eugenio; Vita, Francesco; Simoni, Francesco. - In: APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS. - ISSN 0003-6951. - STAMPA. - 97:(2010), pp. 231112/1-231112/4. [10.1063/1.3525174]
All-optical switching of diffraction gratings infiltrated with dye-doped liquid crystals
LUCCHETTA, Daniele Eugenio;VITA, Francesco;SIMONI, Francesco
2010-01-01
Abstract
We report the realization and the characterization of an all-optical switching device based on a transmission grating recorded in a polymeric substrate infiltrated with a methyl red-doped liquid crystal. The properties of this highly nonlinear mixture are exploited to modulate the diffraction of the grating by a pump beam when a static electric field is applied. The behavior of the device is in agreement with the existing model for methyl red-doped liquid crystals. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
