Ultrafast all-optical switch using complex refractive index changes of thin films containing photochromic dye

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 434-436

  Sasaki, Kyoichi ^a   Nagamura, Toshihiko ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DYES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOCHROMISM; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THIN FILM DEVICES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

PHOTOCHROMIC DYE; PHOTOMEROCYANINE; READING BEAM; SPIROPYRAN; ULTRAFAST ALL OPTICAL SWITCH; WRITING BEAM;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0031187219     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.119571     Document Type: Article

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