Design and synthesis of chromophores and polymers for electro-optic and photorefractive applications

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6645, 1997, Pages 845-851

  Marder, Seth R ^a   Kippelen, Bernard ^b   Jen, Alex K Y ^c   Peyghambarian, Nasser ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHT; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TECHNOLOGY;

CHROMOPHORES; PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

POLYMER;

CHROMATOPHORE; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0031215140     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/42190     Document Type: Review

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