A thin film of short oriented linear Frenkel chains as an optical bistable element

Optics Express

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 227-235

  Malyshev, Victor A ^a   Jarque, Enrique Conejero ^b  

^a VAVILOV STATE OPTICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; EXCITONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYMERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THIN FILMS;

LINEAR FRENKEL CHAINS; OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES IN ORGANIC MATERIALS; OPTICAL TRANSITION; OPTICAL WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL BISTABILITY;

EID: 0000824676     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.6.000227     Document Type: Article

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