U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Development of New Photo-refractive Polymers for Dynamic Holographic Storage Applications

这项为期三年的奖励将支持美国-法国光学材料合作研究。 美国和法国的研究人员是亚利桑那大学光学科学中心的Nasser Peyghambarian，法国斯特拉斯堡材料物理和化学研究所的Bernard Kippelen和法国Saclay核研究中心的Francois Kajzar。 他们的目标是开发新的光折射聚合物。 他们还计划研究将这些改进的聚合物用于光学计算功能，如光学相关。 光折变聚合物是动态全息存储和图像处理的重要材料。 与现有的无机光折射晶体相比，聚合物可以容易地以各种形式（薄膜，棒，纤维）加工，并用于制造用于光学数据处理的新光子器件。 这位美国研究人员为这次合作带来了光学科学方面的专业知识，特别是动态全息记录和光折射聚合物制造方面的专业知识。 法国研究人员在化学和材料科学方面的能力以及他们在有机非线性材料的合成和表征方面的专业知识对此进行了补充。 他们的共同努力将导致改进，高效，快速和敏感的光学材料。

This three-year award will support U.S.-France cooperative research in optical materials. The U.S. and French investigators are Nasser Peyghambarian of the University of Arizona's Optical Science Center, Bernard Kippelen of the Institute for Physics and Chemistry of Materials in Strasbourg, France, and Francois Kajzar of the Center for Nuclear Studies in Saclay, France. Their objective is to develop new photo refractive polymers. They also plan to study the use these improved polymers in optical computing functions such as optical correlation. Photo refractive polymers are important materials for dynamic holographic storage and image processing. In contrast to existing inorganic photo refractive crystals, the polymers can be processed easily in variable forms (thin films, rods, fibers) and used in the fabrication of new photonic devices for optical data processing. The U.S. investigator brings to this collaboration expertise in optical sciences, specifically, in dynamic holographic recording and photo refractive polymer fabrication. This is complemented by the abilities of the French investigators in chemistry and materials sciences and their expertise in the synthesis and characterization of organic nonlinear materials. Their combined effort will result in improved, efficient, speedy and sensitive optical materials.