High-electric-field poling of nonlinear optical polymers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 318-328

  Blum, Robert ^a   Sprave, Martin ^a   Sablotny, Jürgen ^a   Eich, Manfred ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; METALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OXIDES; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

HIGH ELECTRIC FIELD POLING; INDIUM TIN OXIDE;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0031647628     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000318     Document Type: Article

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