Fabrication of surface relief gratings on azo dye thin films utilizing an interference of evanescent waves

2005 ◽  
Vol 86 (5) ◽  
pp. 051102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuo Ohdaira ◽  
Satoshi Hoshiyama ◽  
Takahiro Kawakami ◽  
Kazunari Shinbo ◽  
Keizo Kato ◽  
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2003 ◽  
Vol 36 (15) ◽  
pp. 5689-5693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Ciuchi ◽  
Alfredo Mazzulla ◽  
Giovanni Carbone ◽  
Gabriella Cipparrone

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (14) ◽  
pp. 10125-10133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ion Sava ◽  
Ada Burescu ◽  
Iuliana Stoica ◽  
Valentina Musteata ◽  
Mariana Cristea ◽  
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The patterning of the free standing azo-copolyimide films under different irradiation conditions led to the uniform surface relief gratings.


Photonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 306
Author(s):  
Lian Nedelchev ◽  
Georgi Mateev ◽  
Velichka Strijkova ◽  
Verónica Salgueiriño ◽  
David S. Schmool ◽  
...  

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.


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