Highly efficient and functionalized polarization gratings have been recorded in azobenzene-containing mesogenic composites with twisted nematic cell configurations. The polarization gratings formed in azobenzene-containing mesogenic composites show a high diffraction efficiency of more than 45% and convert the polarization state of light at the same time. The polarization direction of the diffracted laser beams can be controlled by the twisted angle of the nematic cell. These characteristics of the polarization gratings are well explained by means of Jones calculus.

© 2005 Optical Society of America

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Citation lists with outbound citation links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article level metrics are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

Related Journal Articles

• Transient photoinduced current in dye-doped polymer and polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (JOSAB)
• Nonlocal dynamic gratings and energy transfer by optical two-beam coupling in a nematic liquid crystal owing to highly sensitive photoelectric reorientation (JOSAB)
• Holographic Bragg gratings in a photoresponsive cross-linked polymer–liquid-crystal composite (OL)
• Characterization of the diffraction efficiency of new holographic gratings with a nematic film–polymer-slice sequence structure (JOSAB)
• Switchable holographic gratings formed in polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal cells by use of a He-Ne laser (OL)

Related Conference Papers

• Double Dynamic Holographic Interferometry in Infrared-Optical and Electrical Functions
• Optical Manipulation of Liquid Crystal Drops: Application Towards All-Optical Tunable Photonic Devices
• TN-LC Cells as an Elliptical Phase Retarder by Heterodyne Interferometric Ellipsometry
• TN-LC Cells as an Elliptical Phase Retarder by Heterodyne Interferometric Ellipsometry
• Second-harmonic generation in nonpolar chiral materials: relationship between molecular and macroscopic properties
• Second-harmonic generation in nonpolar chiral materials: relationship between molecular and macroscopic properties