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A new polarized-light-controlled holographic recording based on the optical enhancement/restraint of self-diffraction has been demonstrated in an azobenzene-doped polymer film. It is found that a continuous variation of the polarization status as well as of the intensity of the pumping light results in a continuous variation of self-diffraction efficiency. The mechanism originates from the photo-induced anisotropy and polarization-dependent absorption. Both positive and negative replicas of an incident image were presented in real time by means of this incoherent–coherent optical conversion technique.
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Received: 30 March 2000 / Revised version: 28 September 2000 / Published online: 27 April 2001
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Yang, Q., Wei, Z., Zhang, Y. et al. Polarized-light-controlled holographic recording in an azobenzene-doped polymer film . Appl Phys B 72, 855–858 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400100499
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