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Published August 19, 1999 | Version public
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Photorefractive Polymers and Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals

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Photorefractive (PR) polymers are multifunctional field-responsive materials that combine photoconducting and electro-optic properties. In this chapter, we will review the basics of photorefractivity in polymers and liquid crystals and describe recent advances that have led to highly efficient materials. These advances in material development enable a variety of photonic applications including optical correlators for security verification.

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© 1999 American Chemical Society. Published in print 19 August 1999. This work was supported by the US Office of Naval Research (ONR) through the MURI Center CAMP, by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), by an international CNRS/NSF travel grant, by the USAF Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), and by a NATO travel grant. E. H. is a postdoctoral fellow of the Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders (Belgium). We acknowledge collaboration with D. D. Steele, J. L. Maldonado, and B. L. Volodin from the University of Arizona, and with Prof. B. Javidi from the University of Connecticut for the work on the optical correlator.

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85680
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10.1021/bk-1999-0726.ch014
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Office of Naval Research (ONR)
NSF
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO)

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