Photoinduced variation of the Stokes parameters of light passing through thin films of azopolymer-based hybrid organic/inorganic materials
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2016-04-07
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Hybrid materials synthesized by combining polymers and inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) have received considerable attention recently due to their advantageous electrical, optical, or mechanical properties. Here we present a polarimetric study of thin films prepared from photoanisotropic hybrid materials: azopolymer (poly [1-[4-(3-carboxy-4-hydroxyphenylazo)benzenesulfonamido]-1,2-ethanediyl, sodium salt]) doped with different concentrations of ZnO NPs with sizes below 50 nm. To obtain full information about the polarization response of these thin films, we determined the kinetics of the Stokes parameters of light passing through the films on illumination by linearly polarized light within the absorption band of the material, namely 473 nm. Using the Stokes parameters, the birefringence values were calculated as a function of time and compared for the films with different NP concentrations.