Dielectric investigation of thermally-induced chromophore degradation in nonlinear optical polymer electrets

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-25

  Bauer Gogonea, S ^a   Cheng, Z Y ^a,d   Wirges, W ^a   Bauer, S ^b,e   Gerhard Multhaupt, R ^b   Das Gupta, D K ^c  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

DIPOLAR RELAXATION; DIPOLE DEGRADATION PROCESS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL POLYMER ELECTRETS; PHOTONIC POLYMERS;

ELECTRETS;

EID: 0031997344     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/94.660753     Document Type: Article

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