Polarization holographic gratings in side-chain azobenzene polyesters with linear and circular photoanisotropy

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 3835-3840

  Nikolova, L ^a   Todorov, T ^a   Ivanov, M ^a   Andruzzi, F ^b   Hvilsted, S ^c   Ramanujam, P S ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Department of Solid State Physics ^*  (Italy)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Photoanisotropy; Polarization holographic gratings; Side chain azobenzene polyesters

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; HELIUM NEON LASERS; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYESTERS; PRISMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

JONES MATRIX; PHOTOANISOTROPY; POLARIZATION HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS; SIDE CHAIN AZOBENZENE POLYESTERS; WOLLASTON PRISM;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0030192545     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.003835     Document Type: Article

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