Tunable Polarization and Surface Relief Holographic Gratings in Azopolymer Nanocomposites with Incorporated Goethite (α-FeOOH) Nanorods
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
- TDE (%)—total diffraction efficiency, defined as the sum of the diffraction efficiencies in the +1 and –1 order (DE+1 + DE–1);
- TPR (%)—transmitted power ratio equal to DE+1 + DE–1 + DE0;
- DEnorm (%) = 100 × TDE/TPR.
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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C (%) | d (nm) | DE+1 max (%) | DE+1 (%) | DE–1 (%) | DE0 (%) | TDE (%) | TPR (%) | DEnorm (%) | hSRG (nm) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 450 | 18.5 | 18.2 | 17.1 | 47.2 | 35.3 | 82.5 | 42.8 | 170 |
0.5 | 460 | 26.7 | 26.5 | 24.8 | 30.1 | 51.3 | 81.4 | 63.0 | 220 |
1 | 430 | 21.5 | 21.0 | 19.7 | 42.3 | 40.7 | 83.0 | 49.0 | 245 |
2 | 470 | 26.5 | 26.3 | 24.5 | 30.7 | 50.8 | 81.5 | 62.3 | 270 |
5 | 420 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 9.8 | 58.1 | 20.6 | 78.7 | 26.2 | 235 |
7.5 | 410 | 21.2 | 20.8 | 19.7 | 36.3 | 40.5 | 76.8 | 52.7 | 160 |
10 | 400 | 26.9 | 26.6 | 26.4 | 15.6 | 53.0 | 68.6 | 77.3 | 280 |
15 | 450 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 48.3 | 21.5 | 69.8 | 30.8 | 15 |
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Nedelchev, L.; Mateev, G.; Strijkova, V.; Salgueiriño, V.; Schmool, D.S.; Berberova-Buhova, N.; Stoykova, E.; Nazarova, D. Tunable Polarization and Surface Relief Holographic Gratings in Azopolymer Nanocomposites with Incorporated Goethite (α-FeOOH) Nanorods. Photonics 2021, 8, 306. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8080306
Nedelchev L, Mateev G, Strijkova V, Salgueiriño V, Schmool DS, Berberova-Buhova N, Stoykova E, Nazarova D. Tunable Polarization and Surface Relief Holographic Gratings in Azopolymer Nanocomposites with Incorporated Goethite (α-FeOOH) Nanorods. Photonics. 2021; 8(8):306. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8080306
Chicago/Turabian StyleNedelchev, Lian, Georgi Mateev, Velichka Strijkova, Verónica Salgueiriño, David S. Schmool, Nataliya Berberova-Buhova, Elena Stoykova, and Dimana Nazarova. 2021. "Tunable Polarization and Surface Relief Holographic Gratings in Azopolymer Nanocomposites with Incorporated Goethite (α-FeOOH) Nanorods" Photonics 8, no. 8: 306. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8080306