[OPTICAL REVIEW Vol. 3, No. 6A (1996) 440-442]
Development of Spatial Light Modulators with Nonlinear Organic Materials
Kenji HARADA, Masahide ITOH and Toyohiko YATAGAI
Institute of Applied Physics, and Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305 Japan
(Received May 9, 1996; Accepted August 16, 1996)
An electrically addressable spatial light modulator is designed using nonlinear organic materials for optical information processing and display. One candidates for spatial light modulator (SLM) material is a nonlinear organic polymer of poly-methyl-methacrylate doped with disperse red 1. The measured electrooptic coefficient r33 is 2.9 pm/V at the wavelength of 633 nm. Resonator structure for a material is discussed with the goal of increasing electrooptic effects for SLM applications.
Key words : spatial light modulator, poled polymer, DR1, PMMA, resonator structure, electrooptic effect, corona poling