Theoretical and experimental investigations of the intensity-and field-dependent photorefractive response in polymeric composites were presented. Measurements of the decay time constant and the corresponding gratingamplitude were demonstrated in photorefractive composite consists of 1-n-butoxyl-2,5-dimethyl-4-(4'-nitrophenylazo)benzene (BDMNPAB): poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK):2,4,7-trinitro-9-fluorenone (TNF) with a weight ratio 44:55: 1. Analysis suggested that two gratings exist simultaneously, one was caused by the photorefractive effect, and the other was caused by the photoisomerization process.
SummaryWhen two coherent beams overlap in a photorefractive (PR) material, a nonlocal refractive index hologram can be (so-called photorefractive grating) built up. For typical PR inorganic crystals and semiconductors and ceramics, standard band transport model[1,2J can supply a clearly physical description. However, when it is applied in PR polymers, because both the photo-generation quantum efficiency[3] and the mobility of the carrier are dependent on