Abstract

Organic based materials have been developed that can record an intensity distribution in the form of an amplitude or a phase distribution and can be written and read multiple tirnes^{(1.,2. ,3.,4.,5.)}. These materials show great promise as SLM modulation media. Although the chemistry of these organic materials is fairly well understood, the process of inducing anisotropy in these materials by photons, the method by which information is stored by these materials, has not yet been the subject of careful examination. The aim of this paper is to present an investigation of these materials and construct a model for these systems. This model will be used to experimentally modify properties of these materials, such as response time, contrast, and resolution.

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