Name : 23rd Symposium on Liquid Crystals
Number : 23
Location : [in Japanese]
Date : September 25, 1997 - September 27, 1997
We presented a novel type of orientational photorefractive device, consisting of liquid crystals (LCs) sandwiched with photoconductive polymer films across the insulated polymer films. The photoexcited charges were generated in the photoconductive layers and eventually get trapped in the dark areas at the insulated polymer surfaces. The resulting space charge field reoriented the LC molecules and the holographic gratings were generated. The strong beam coupling effects were observed and the refractive index modulation Δn was estimated to be of the order of 1.1 × 10-3. In addition, we demonstrated the all-optical light modulation using two beam coupling experimental arrangement.
