Nanoparticle-Based Photorefractive Polymers

Xiangping Li; James W. M. Chon; Min Gu

doi:10.1071/CH08038

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Nanoparticle-Based Photorefractive Polymers

Xiangping Li ^A , James W. M. Chon ^A and Min Gu ^A ^B

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^A Centre for Micro-Photonics, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia.

^B Corresponding author. Email: mgu@swin.edu.au

Xiangping Li was born in 1979 in Sichuan province, China. After receiving a diploma in Physics from Nankai University (Tianjin, China) in 2002, he followed on with graduate study specializing in all-optical switchings, in the Modern Optics Institute, Nankai University. In 2005, he joined the group of Professor Min Gu (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) as a Ph.D. candidate. His current research is nanoparticle-dispersed photopolymers for multi-dimensional optical data storage.

James W. M. Chon obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Melbourne and joined the Centre for Micro-Photonics, Swinburne University of Technology as a postdoctoral fellow in 2001. His research area includes total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy, multiphoton absorption of quantum dots, metallic nanoparticles, and recently shifted his focus towards multi-dimensional optical storage using nanoparticles. He is currently a senior lecturer at Swinburne.

Min Gu, an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, and Cheung Kong Chair Professor of the Ministry for Education (China), gained a Ph.D. in optics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1988 and a professorship in 1998 in Australia at the age of 38. He is the director of the Centre for Micro-Photonics at Swinburne University of Technology, a Chief Investigator and Node Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh-Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS). He is also a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, the International Society for Optical Engineering and the Australian Institute of Physics. He has published over 450 articles (including over 250 papers in internationally refereed journals) in photonic crystals and devices, nanophotonics/biophotonics, micro/nanofabrication, confocal and multiphoton microscopy, laser tweezers, and multi-dimensional optical data storage. He is/was Vice President (2004–present) and President (2002–2004) of the International Society of Optics within Life Sciences and Vice Present of the International Commission for Optics (2005–present). He has received numerous awards for excellence.

Australian Journal of Chemistry 61(5) 317-323 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH08038
Submitted: 30 January 2008 Accepted: 27 March 2008 Published: 22 May 2008

Abstract

Photorefractivity has attracted intense attention owing to its ability to spatially modulate the refractive index under non-uniform light illumination. In particular, photorefractive polymers are appealing materials as they enable the high non-linear performance that underpins many areas of photonics. The incorporation of nanoparticles into photorefractive polymers shows an enormous potential owing to the broad spectroscopic tuning range and the high photogeneration efficiency, which are inaccessible to traditional photorefractive materials. This article reviews the recent developments in the field of nanoparticle-doped photorefractive polymers. The merit and functionality of these hybrid materials are summarized and future challenges are discussed. The application of nanoparticle-doped photorefractive polymers under two-photon excitation is also described, which facilitates a promising new area of high-density optical data storage, the third-generation of optical data storage.

Acknowledgements

The authors thank Dr Joel Van Embden (Swinburne University of Technology) for fruitful discussion. This research has been supported by the Australian Research Council.

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