Cognitive ability experiment with photosensitive organic molecular thin films
Optics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
We present an optical experiment which permits to evaluate the information exchange necessary to self-induce cooperatively a well-organized pattern in a randomly activated molecular assembly. A low-power coherent beam carrying polarization and wavelength information is used to organize a surface relief grating on a photochromic polymer thin film which is photo-activated by a powerful incoherent beam. We demonstrate experimentally that less than 1% of the molecules possessing information cooperatively transmit it to the entire photo-activated polymer film.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0608256,
title = {Cognitive ability experiment with photosensitive organic molecular thin films},
author = {Regis Barille and Sohrab Ahmadi-Kandjani and Ewelina Ortyl and Stanislaw Kucharski and Jean-Michel Nunzi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0608256},
year = {2009}
}
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16 pages, 4 figures