Self-Induced Light Polarization Rotation in Azobenzene-Containing Polymers

L. Nikolova; L. Nedelchev; T. Todorov; T. Petrova; N. Tomova; V. Dragostinova; P.S. Ramanujam; Søren Hvilsted

doi:10.1063/1.127076

Self-Induced Light Polarization Rotation in Azobenzene-Containing Polymers

L. Nikolova
, L. Nedelchev
, T. Todorov
, T. Petrova
, N. Tomova
, V. Dragostinova
, P.S. Ramanujam
, Søren Hvilsted

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Abstract

We report here a light-induced phenomenon--a self-induced rotation of the azimuth of elliptically polarized light passing through photobirefringent azopolymers. The experiments are carried out with films of amorphous and liquid-crystalline polymers. It has been shown that the induced rotation angle depends on the ellipticity of the input light. A theoretical analysis of the phenomenon has been done and it has been shown that light induces chiral structure in the polymer films. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)02731-5].

Original language	English
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	77
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	657-659
ISSN	0003-6951
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.127076
Publication status	Published - 2000

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