Novel all optical light modulation based on complex refractive index changes of organic dye-doped polymer film upon photoexcitation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1191-1193

  Nagamura, Toshihiko ^a   Hamada, Takahiro ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE; THIN FILMS;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINES; GUIDED OPTICAL WAVES; INCIDENT ANGLE; PHOTOEXCITATIONS; ZINC PHTHALOCYANINES;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 0030211907     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.117407     Document Type: Article

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