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- Title
Tunable Polarization and Surface Relief Holographic Gratings in Azopolymer Nanocomposites with Incorporated Goethite (α-FeOOH) Nanorods.
- Authors
Nedelchev, Lian; Mateev, Georgi; Strijkova, Velichka; Salgueiriño, Verónica; Schmool, David S.; Berberova-Buhova, Nataliya; Stoykova, Elena; Nazarova, Dimana
- Abstract
We employ two approaches to tune the properties of concurrently inscribed volume polarization and surface relief gratings in nanocomposite thin films containing the azopolymer PAZO (poly[1-4-(3-carboxy-4-hydrophenylazo)benzensulfonamido]-1,2-ethanediyl, sodium salt]) and goethite (α-FeOOH) nanorods. The first one is applied on the stage of sample preparation by varying the concentration of the goethite nanorods from 0% to 15%. Then, different angles between the recording beams are set in the holographic scheme, which allow us to obtain gratings with spatial periods in the range from 0.86 to 2.51 µm. Surface relief modulation close to 300 nm is achieved as well as total diffraction efficiency in the ±1 diffracted orders of more than 50%. The influence of the incorporated goethite nanorods on the properties of both volume birefringence and the surface relief grating are discussed.
- Subjects
HOLOGRAPHIC gratings; GOETHITE; NANORODS; NANOCOMPOSITE materials; THIN films; SODIUM salts
- Publication
Photonics, 2021, Vol 8, Issue 8, p306
- ISSN
2304-6732
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/photonics8080306