Abstract
Photorefractive materials can form "instant" holograms without time-consuming development steps. Their potential applications include image processing, optical data storage, and correction of image distortion, but the cost of crystal growth and preparation has been a primary impediment to commercial application. Polymers, on the other hand, are low in cost and readily fabricated in a variety of forms. Photorefractive polymers were constructed with performance that matched or exceeded the performance of available photorefractive crystals. The largest observed two-beam energy coupling gain coefficient for the polymers was 56 per centimeter.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 367-369 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Science |
| Volume | 263 |
| Issue number | 5145 |
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| State | Published - 1994 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General