Journal article
Polarisation-sensitive optical elements in azobenzene polyesters and peptides
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark1
Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark2
The Danish Polymer Centre, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark3
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark4
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences5
In this article, we describe fabrication of polarisation holographic optical elements in azobenzene polyesters. Both liquid crystalline and amorphous side-chain polyesters have been utilised. Diffractive optical elements such as lenses and gratings that are sensitive to the polarisation of the incident light have been fabricated with polarisation holography.
Computer-generated optical elements and patterns have also been written with a single polarised laser beam. Recording of polarisation defects enabling easy visualisation is also shown to be feasible in azobenzene polyesters.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2006 |
| Pages: | 912-925 |
| ISSN: | 18730302 and 01438166 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2005.06.015 |
| ORCIDs: | Dam-Hansen, Carsten |
