title: Polarization holographic gratings in hybrid solgel films doped with Disperse Red 1.
abstract: Polarization holographic gratings in sp configuration are written at 488 nm in photorefractive organic-inorganic films based on SiO2. The films, prepared by a solgel technique, contain Disperse Red 1, carbazole units, and 2,4,7-trinitro-9-fluorenone. The gratings are characterized by their diffraction efficiency for a 632.8-nm probe. The polarization gratings act as a half-wave plate, and the diffraction efficiency is independent of the polarization direction of the probe.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7/a, 43100 Parma, Italy. raschella@fis.unipr.it
authors.forename: Raffaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raschellà
authors.forename: Iari-Gabriel
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.forename: Pier Paolo
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Lottici
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bersani