Abstract
We report the photorefractive performance of a polymer composite sensitized by CdSe/ZnS core/shell nanoparticles, and also comprising poly(N-vinylcarbazole) and an electro-optic chromophore. The nanoparticles are characterized by absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopy, elemental analysis, transmission electron microscopy, and powder x-ray diffraction. The electro-optic response of the composite is measured independently of the photorefractive effect by transmission ellipsometry. An asymmetric two-beam coupling gain of 30.6+/-0.4 cm(-1) is obtained, confirming photorefractivity. Degenerate four-wave mixing is used to assess photorefractive performance and, at a poling field of 70 V microm(-1), yields a diffraction efficiency of 4.21%+/-0.03%, a holographic contrast of 3.05 x 10(-4)+/-1 x 10(-6), a space-charge rise time of 25+/-2 s, and a sensitivity of 4.7 x 10(-5)+/-4 x 10(-6) cm3 J(-1). These results constitute a significant improvement on the performance of previous nanoparticle-sensitized photorefractive polymer composites.
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