Incoherent UV/VIS lasers assisted surface relief grating formation

  • Xiao Wu*
  • , Thi Thanh Ngan Nguyen
  • , Deyan Sun
  • , Isabelle Ledoux-Rak
  • , Chi Thanh Nguyen
  • , Ngoc Diep Lai
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Two efficient optical methods are demonstrated to improve the formation of surface relief grating (SRG). The SRG formation is realized by a two-beam interference technique (λ=532nm) in an azobenzene side-chain copolymer. An incoherent UV beam (λ=355nm) or an incoherent VIS beam (λ=532nm), called assisting beam, was used to accelerate the photoisomerization process of the cis-form ↔ trans-form cycle, resulting in an efficient formation of SRG. The dependence of the diffraction efficiency and the relief depth of the SRGs on the polarizations of both assisting beams were investigated showing two different assisting mechanisms.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMaterial Sciences and Technology
Pages456-461
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 Spring International Conference on Material Sciences and Technology, MST-S - Xi'an, China
Duration: 27 May 201230 May 2012

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume560-561
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference2012 Spring International Conference on Material Sciences and Technology, MST-S
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period27/05/1230/05/12

Keywords

  • DR1/PMMA
  • Surface relief grating
  • UV/VIS assisting beams

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