10,000 optical write, read, and erase cycles in an azobenzene sidechain liquid-crystalline polyester

Optics Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 902-904

  Holme, N C R ^a   Ramanujam, P S ^a   Hvilsted, S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 0000376165     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.21.000902     Document Type: Article

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