Reorientation of chromophores in dispersive photorefractive polymers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 308-312

  Binks, David J ^a   Khand, Kaleemullah ^a   West, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; HOLOGRAPHY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS;

HOLOGRAPHIC GROWTH; REORIENTATIONAL DYNAMICS;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 0002718015     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000308     Document Type: Article

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