Synthesis and characterization of a photochromic sol-gel material functionalized with azo dye

Xianjun Ke; Xingzhong Yan; Sangyup Song; Daqun Li; Jame J. Yang; Michael R. Wang

doi:10.1016/j.optmat.2006.06.019

Synthesis and characterization of a photochromic sol-gel material functionalized with azo dye

Xianjun Ke, Xingzhong Yan, Sangyup Song, Daqun Li, Jame J. Yang, Michael R. Wang

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An azo dye functionalized sol-gel material has been designed and synthesized to possess photochromism under a green laser beam illumination control. 10-mW laser illumination with a spot size of 1 mm² at 532 nm wavelength on the film material was found to result in 6 × 10^-4 change in material refractive index. The response time of the material photochromism is around 50 ms (3-dB modulation bandwidth of 20 Hz). Further optical transmission measurements reveal low optical absorption by the film material at 1.55 μm wavelength window. The investigation of a tunable waveguide Bragg grating device with the sol-gel material suggests a new promising platform candidate for the fabrication of all-optical controlled photonic devices.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1375-1380
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optical Materials
Volume	29
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2006.06.019
State	Published - Jul 2007

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Computer Science(all)
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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Organic Chemistry
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