Near-infrared sensitive organic-inorganic photorefractive device.

Organic-inorganic hybrid structure, assembled by Rh-doped BiTiO crystal and liquid crystal (LC) layer, operating at near-infrared range is proposed and demonstrated. Due to the photorefractive properties of inorganic substrate, light illumination caused a space charge field which acts as a driving force for LC molecules re-alignment and subsequent refractive index modulation. All optically controlled phase retardation ability has been demonstrated supporting possibilities for further infrared applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]