{"title":"The Change in Refractive Index and the Formation of Birefringence during Photoisomerization of Photochromic Dyes","authors":"S. Morino, K. Horie, T. Yamashita","doi":"10.1364/shbs.1994.wd42","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The optical switching devices in optical computing systems usually use electro-, acousto- optic and nonlinear optical effects. Photochemical reactions can be potentially used as one of the principles for photo-optical switching devices, because they change the electric structure of the system.1 In this study, the change in refractive indices of PMMA films containing DAAB (p- dimethylaminoazobenzene) during photoisomerization and the birefringence during polarized-light induced photoisomerization were measured, and the possibility as a photo-optical controlling material was examined.","PeriodicalId":443330,"journal":{"name":"Spectral Hole-Burning and Related Spectroscopies: Science and Applications","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Spectral Hole-Burning and Related Spectroscopies: Science and Applications","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1364/shbs.1994.wd42","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The optical switching devices in optical computing systems usually use electro-, acousto- optic and nonlinear optical effects. Photochemical reactions can be potentially used as one of the principles for photo-optical switching devices, because they change the electric structure of the system.1 In this study, the change in refractive indices of PMMA films containing DAAB (p- dimethylaminoazobenzene) during photoisomerization and the birefringence during polarized-light induced photoisomerization were measured, and the possibility as a photo-optical controlling material was examined.