Highly efficient photorefractive system based on carbazole-substituted poly(siloxane)

Abstract

Photorefractive polymer composite was prepared with carbazole-substituted poly(siloxane) as a host polymer, NLO chromophore and 2,4,7-trinitro-9-fluorenone as a sensitizer. This composite exhibited excellent photorefractive property. The gain coefficient determined by 2-beam coupling measurement was 250 cm(-1) at 80 V/mum. And the composite was very stable toward phase separation.