Nonlinear optical properties of push-pull polyenes for electro-optics

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2401-2407

  Stahelin M ^a   Zysset, B ^b   Ahlheim, M ^b   Marder, S R ^c,d   Bedworth, P V ^d   Runser, C ^e   Barzoukas, M ^e   Fort, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SANDOZ Optoelectronics Research   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

ELECTROOPTIC COEFFICIENTS; NONLINEAR ORGANIC CHROMOPHORES; PUSH PULL POLYENES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0030291862     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.002401     Document Type: Article

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