This article is cited in 7 papers

Photoinduced changes in refractive index of nanostructured shungite-containing polyimide systems

N. V. Kamanina^abcd, S. V. Serov^abcd, N. A. Shurpo^abcd, N. N. Rozhkova<sup>abcd

a</sup> S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute,
^b Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"
^c St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics
^d Institute of Geology of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: Photoinduced changes in the refractive index of a conjugate polyimide (PI) matrix sensitized by shungite carbon nanoparticles have been studied for the first time. The results are compared to the data of previous investigations of the photorefractive properties of PI matrices doped with fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and quantum dots. The nonlinear refractive index of the proposed material has been determined using the dynamic holography techniques. The position of conjugate polymer materials of this type among the other nonlinear optical systems is considered.

Received: 24.05.2011

 English version: Technical Physics Letters, 2011, 37:10, 949–951

Bibliographic databases:

•