Photoelectric, nonlinear optical, and photorefractive properties of composites based on poly(N-vinylcarbazole) and gallium phthalocyaninate

Abstract

Poly(N-vinylcarbazole) layers containing tetra-5-crown-5-gallium phthalocyaninate (R4Pc)Ga(OH) are shown to possess photoelectric and photorefractive sensitivity at a wavelength of 1064 nm. This effect is associated with the formation of supramolecular ensembles of (R4Pc)Ga(OH) molecules with electronic optical absorption in the near-IR range and nonlinear optical properties. For the composite containing 5 wt % (R4Pc)Ga(OH) supramolecular ensembles, the dependence of the quantum efficiency of mobile-charge photogeneration on electric field E0 is well fit by the Onsager equation expanded to E03 at a quantum yield of electron-hole pairs of φ0 = 0.9 s with an initial separation radius of r0 = 9.8 A susceptibility χ(3) equal to 1.85 × 10−10 esu is measured via the well-known method of electric-field-induced second-harmonic generation. Two-beam-coupling gain coefficient Γ is found to be 80 cm−1 at E0 = 120 V/μm.