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Authors
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Saphiannikova, M. ; Henneberg, O; Gene, TM; Pietsch, U; Rochon, P;
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Title
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Nonlinear effects during inscription of azobenzene surface relief gratings
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Date
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28.08.2004
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Number
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410
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Abstract
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Surface relief gratings were inscribed on azobenzene polymer films using a pulselike exposure of an Ar+ laser. The inscription process was initiated by a sequence of short pulses followed by much longer relaxation pauses. The development of the surface relief grating was probed by a He-Ne laser measuring the scattering intensity of the first-order grating peak. The growth time of the surface relief grating was found to be larger than the length of the pulses used. This unusual behavior can be considered as a nonlinear material response associated with the trans-cis isomerization of azobenzene moieties. In this study the polymer stress was assumed to be proportional to the number of cis-isomers. One-dimensional viscoelastic analysis was used to derive the polymer deformation. The rate of trans-cis isomerization increases with the intensity of the inscribing light; in the dark it is equal to the rate of thermal cis-trans isomerization. The respective relaxation times were estimated by fitting theoretical deformation curves to experimental data.
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Publisher
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Journal of Physical Chemistry / B
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Wikidata
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Citation
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Journal of Physical Chemistry / B 108 (2004) 15084 -15089
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DOI
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https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0378788
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