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Nonlinear Optics: High‐Contrast Photoswitching of Nonlinear Optical Response in Crosslinked Ferroelectric Liquid‐Crystalline Polymers (Adv. Mater. 48/2012)
Author(s) -
Priimagi Arri,
Ogawa Keiji,
Virkki Matti,
Mamiya Junichi,
Kauranen Martti,
Shishido Atsushi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201290306
Subject(s) - azobenzene , materials science , chromophore , ferroelectricity , nonlinear optical , polymer , isomerization , nonlinear optics , liquid crystal , optoelectronics , nonlinear system , high contrast , poling , optics , nanotechnology , photochemistry , laser , organic chemistry , composite material , chemistry , physics , catalysis , quantum mechanics , dielectric
Azobenzene‐containing crosslinked ferroelectric liquid‐crystalline polymers offer unique opportunities for reversible, high‐contrast switching of a second‐order nonlinear optical response in the solid state. Atsushi Shishido and co‐workers show on p. 6410 that this is achieved by reversibly controlling non‐centrosymmetric chromophore alignment through two‐photon isomerization of azobenzene molecules.