Saturation effects in the nonlinear optical response of regioregular, highly conjugated poly(3-alkyl-thiophene) thin films

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 531-532

  Bjornholm T ^a   Greve, D R ^a   Geisler, T ^b   Petersen, J C ^c   Jayaraman, M ^d   McCullough, R D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c DANISH FUNDAMENTAL METROLOGY   (Denmark)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

All optical modulators; Non linear optical methods; Polycrystalline thin film; Polythiophene and derivatives; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

DERIVATIVES; HARMONIC GENERATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS;

CONJUGATION LENGTH; THIRD HARMONIC GENERATION;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0030646401     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0379-6779(97)80847-8     Document Type: Article

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