Spectroscopic determination of trap density in C60-sensitized photorefractive polymers

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Abstract

A new and simple method for the determination of the trap density in C60-sensitized photorefractive polymers is presented. We show that the radical anion of C60 acts as the primary photorefractive hole trap, using the strong near-infrared absorption of C60 to quantify the anion concentration in situ. The spectroscopically determined concentration correlates well with the photorefractive trap density obtained from analysis of the photorefractive performance. In our model, optical irradiation is needed to activate the trapping sites, and the nonlinear optical chromophore acts as a temporary reservoir for the photogenerated holes (compensator). This model is further clarified using cyclic voltammetry.

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research Grant Nos. F49620-96-1-0135 and F49620-97-1-0286 for partial support of this work, R.J. Twieg for providing the PDCST and AODCST chromophores, and the Y. Tor group at UCSD for assistance with the CV measurements.

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