Diffraction from polarization holographic gratings with surface relief in side-chain azobenzene polyesters

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1257-1265

  Naydenova, I ^a   Nikolova, L ^a   Todorov, T ^a   Holme, N C R ^b   Ramanujam, P S ^b   Hvilsted, S ^b  

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY OF OPTICAL STORAGE AND PROCESSING OF INFORMATION   (Bulgaria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 0001149677     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001257     Document Type: Article

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