Transient optical modulation with a disperse–red–1–doped polymer film

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 814-817

  Wu, Pengfei ^a   Rao, Devulapalli V G L N ^a   Kimball, Brian R ^b   Nakashima, Masato ^b   De Cristofano, Barry S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Materials Science Team   (United States)

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EID: 0013196746     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.000814     Document Type: Article

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