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While photorefractivity during the 1970s and 1980s was studied in many different classes of inorganic materials [1], organic photorefractive (PR) materials emerged only in the 1990s. The quest for organic photorefractive materials was driven by their electronic optical nonlinearity, which leads to materials that combine high electro-optic coefficient and low dielectric constant, a property that improves the figure of merit for photorefractivity Q = n 3 r/ε, where n is the refractive index, r is the electro-optic (or Pockels) coefficient, and ε is the low-frequency dielectric constant. During recent years, this new field of research experienced several milestones: a new and unexpected form of orientational photorefractivity was discovered; consequently high dynamic range was obtained with low-power semiconductor laser diodes; and the polymers were successfully used in different applications, including holographic storage. With their plasticity and other unique properties, they constitute a strategic class of materials because they enable the mass production at low cost of new devices with low weight, and high performance. Thus such materials are expected to have a significant impact on dynamic holographic technologies.
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Kippelen, B. (2000). Overview of Photorefractive Polymers for Holographic Data Storage. In: Coufal, H.J., Psaltis, D., Sincerbox, G.T. (eds) Holographic Data Storage. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 76. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47864-5_9
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