Side chain liquid crystal polymers for quadratic nonlinear optics

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 735-755

  Gonin, D ^a   Guichard, B ^a   Large, M C J ^a   Dantas De Morais, T ^a   Noel C ^a   Kajzar, F ^a,b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CEA LETI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ISOTROPIC MATERIALS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; LIQUID CRYSTALLINITY; MESOGENIC GROUPS; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLAR ORDER; SIDE CHAIN LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0030375697     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863596000520     Document Type: Article

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