Birefringence, Pockels, and Kerr effects in photorefractive polymers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1748-1750

  Kippelen, B ^a   Sandalphon, ^a   Meerholz, K ^a   Peyghambarian, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIREFRINGENCE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; ELLIPSOMETRY; FOUR WAVE MIXING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CHROMOPHORES; DIMETHYL NITROPHENYLAZO ANISOLE; ELECTRIC POLING; PHOTOREFRACTIVE POLYMERS; POCKELS EFFECT;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0030104670     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.116653     Document Type: Article

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