Photoassisted poling induced second harmonic generation with in-plane anisotropy in azobenzene containing polymer films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 3629-3631

  Jiang, X L ^a   Li, L ^a   Kumar, J ^a   Tripathy, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; ISOMERIZATION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

ARGON LASERS; AZOBENZENE CONTAINING POLYMERS; INCIDENT ANGLE; PHOTOASSISTED POLING; THERMAL ASSISTED POLING;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0030577289     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.117005     Document Type: Article

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