Polymers as Electrooptical and Photooptical Active Media

1 Photochemical Hole Burning and Photooptical Properties of Doped Dye Molecules in Linear Polymers.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Photochemical Hole Burning of Dye/Polymer Systems.- 1.3 Photon Echo of Dye/Polymer Systems.- 1.4 Photoinduced Refractive Index Change and Birefringence of Dye/Polymer Systems.- 1.5 References.- 2 Comb-Shaped Polymers with Mesogenic Side Groups as Electro- and Photooptical Active Media.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Specific Features of the Molecular Structure of Functionalized Comb-Shaped Liquid-Crystalline Polymers.- 2.3 Comb-Shaped Dye-Containing Polymers with Mesogenic Side Groups.- 2.4 Electrooptical Behavior of Liquid-Crystalline Compounds.- 2.5 Thermooptical Recording of Information on Films of Comb-Shaped Liquid-Crystalline Polymers.- 2.6 Photooptical Effects in Comb-Shaped Polymers.- 2.7 Summary and Outlook.- 2.8 References.- 3 Cyclic Liquid-Crystalline Siloxanes as Optical Recording Materials.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Cyclic Liquid-Crystalline Siloxanes.- 3.3 Optical Recording with Cyclic Liquid-Crystalline Siloxanes.- 3.4 References.- 4 Photoregulation of Liquid Crystal Alignment by Photochromic Molecules and Polymeric Thin Films.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Alignment Regulation by Surface-Modified Silica.- 4.3 Alignment Regulation by Polymer Thin Films.- 4.4 Surface-Assisted Azimuthal Alignment Regulation.- 4.5 Future Aspects.- 4.6 References.- 5 Electric Field Poling of Nonlinear Optical Side Chain Polymers.- 5.1 Introduction: Context and Scope.- 5.2 The Electrooptical Effect in Optically Nonlinear Materials.- 5.3 Theoretical Models for the Calculation of Order Parameters..- 5.4 Measurements of the Electrooptical Effect in Polymer Samples.- 5.5 Comparison of Experimental Results with Theory.- 5.6 Summary.- 5.7 References.