Influence of the glass-transition temperature and the chromophore content on the grating buildup dynamics of poly(N-vinylcarbazole)-based photorefractive polymers

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2843-2851

  Bittner, Reinhard ^a   Bræuchle, Christoph ^a   Meerholz, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0000763913     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.002843     Document Type: Article

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