Zero–birefringence polymer by the anisotropic molecule dope method

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 3677-3683

  Tagaya, Akihiro ^a   Iwata, Shuichi ^a   Kawanami, Eriko ^a   Tsukahara, Hisashi ^a   Koike, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSPARENCY;

OPTICAL POLYMERS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0010987178     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.003677     Document Type: Article

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