 | Nikolova L. Polarization holography / L.Nikolova, P.S.Ramanujam. - Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xv, 239 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. (some col.). - Incl. bibl. ref. - Ind.: p.236-239. - ISBN 978-0-521-50975-6
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Preface page ................................................... ix
List of symbols and abbreviations ............................ xiii
1 Light polarization ........................................... 1
1.1 Linearly polarized light ................................ 2
1.2 Circularly polarized light .............................. 3
1.3 Elliptically polarized light ............................ 5
1.4 Jones vectors ........................................... 6
1.5 The coherency matrix .................................... 7
1.6 Stokes parameters and the Stokes vector ................. 8
1.7 The Poincare sphere .................................... 11
References .................................................. 12
2 Light propagation through polarizing systems ................ 13
2.1 Materials with optical anisotropy ...................... 13
2.2 The Jones-matrix formalism ............................. 15
2.3 The coherency-matrix formalism ......................... 20
2.4 The Mueller-matrix formalism ........................... 21
References .................................................. 23
3 Theory of polarization holography ........................... 24
3.1 Plane-wave interference and holography ................. 24
3.2 Interference of polarized light ........................ 26
3.3 Introduction to polarization holography ................ 27
3.4 Poincare representation of resulting polarization
states ................................................. 30
3.5 Polarization holography in materials with only linear
photoanisotropy ........................................ 32
3.6 Transmission polarization holograms .................... 36
3.7 Reflection polarization holograms in materials with
linear photoanisotropy ................................. 60
3.8 Polarization-holographic recording in materials with
linear and circular anisotropy ......................... 68
3.9 Polarization gratings together with a surface relief:
orthogonally circularly polarized beams ................ 74
3.10 Polarization gratings together with a surface relief:
orthogonally linearly polarized pumb beams ............. 81
3.11 Evanescent-wave polarization holography ................ 84
References .................................................. 85
4 Azobenzene and azobenzene-containing polymers ............... 88
4.1 Guest-host systems ..................................... 90
4.2 Azobenzene polymers .................................... 91
4.3 Azobenzene peptides .................................... 95
4.4 Azobenzene side-chain polymethacrylates ................ 96
4.5 Azobenzene dendrimers .................................. 98
4.6 Photoaddressable polymers .............................. 99
4.7 Photorefractive azobenzene polymers ................... 106
4.8 Polymer photochromic cholesterics ..................... 107
4.9 Experimental techniques - linear anisotropy
measurements .......................................... 108
4.10 Photoinduced circular anisotropy in side-chain
azobenzene polyesters ................................. 116
4.11 The experimental set-up for polarization holography ... 118
4.12 Polarization holography in guest-host systems ......... 119
4.13 Polarization holography in side-chain polyesters ...... 121
4.14 Polarization holography with surface relief ........... 125
4.15 Polarization holography with UV light ................. 132
4.16 Evanescent-wave polarization holography ............... 133
4.17 Biphotonic polarization holography .................... 134
References ................................................. 135
5 Other photoanisotropic materials ........................... 141
5.1 Photoinduced anisotropy in silver-halide materials .... 141
5.2 Alkali-halide crystals containing anisotropic color
centers ............................................... 147
5.3 Arsenic sulfide and arsenic selenide .................. 151
5.4 Bacteriorhodopsin ..................................... 154
5.5 Photoanisotropy in organic dyes ....................... 158
5.6 Polymer systems ....................................... 162
5.7 Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals ..................... 165
5.8 Polarization holography in doped photorefractive
crystals .............................................. 166
References ................................................. 168
6 Applications of polarization holography .................... 174
6.1 A Stokesmeter based on a polarization grating ......... 174
6.2 Polarization-holographic optical elements ............. 183
6.3 A bifocal holographic lens ............................ 188
6.4 A liquid-crystal-based holographic polarization
optical element ....................................... 192
6.5 Display holography .................................... 196
6.6 Holographic data storage .............................. 206
6.7 Polarization-holographic multiplexing ................. 212
6.8 Four-wave mixing and polarization optical phase
conjugation ........................................... 215
6.9 A joint transform correlator .......................... 220
6.10 Fiber Bragg gratings .................................. 221
6.11 Vectorial photonic crystals in azodye-doped liquid
crystals .............................................. 222
6.12 Holographic inscription of helical wavefronts in a
liquid-crystal polarization grating ................... 222
6.13 A polarization-dependent lateral-shearing
interferometer ........................................ 223
6.14 Other applications .................................... 225
References ................................................. 226
7 Conclusions and future prospects ............................ 229
Index ......................................................... 236
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