1. All-optical logical gates based on photoinduced molecules reorientation in amorphous polymer films.
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Guo, Xiao-Zheng, Liu, Chang, Zhou, Yi, and Luo, Duan-Bin
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OPTICAL logic gates ,AMORPHOUS substances ,POLYMER films ,REFRACTIVE index ,LASER beams - Abstract
A type of all-optical logical gate based on two kinds of refractive index grating in azo-dye doped polymer film is studied in this paper. Using interference recording method with two 532nm laser beams, the transient refractive gratings can be formed in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) films containing azo-dye Disperse Red 13 (DR13). The characteristics of the transient gratings in films which are recorded by two 532nm laser beams with different polarization states are investigated by monitoring the first-order diffraction intensity of the readout He-Ne laser beam (632.8nm). It is found that the transient gratings in the polymeric films can be established and decayed in several seconds. Furthermore, we realize XOR and XNOR all-optical logical operation based on the relationship among the polarization states of the recording beams, the reading beam, and the diffraction beam. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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