Second-harmonic light generation in pyroelectric liquid-crystal polymers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 914-922

  Lindgren, Mikael ^a,b   Hermann, David S ^c   Örtegren, Jonas ^d   Arntzen, Per Otto ^b   Gedde, Ulf W ^d   Hult, Anders ^d   Komitov, Lachezar ^c   Lagerwall, Sven T ^c   Rudquist, Per ^c   Stebler, Bengt ^c   Sahlén, Fredrik ^d   Trollsås, Mikael ^d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CROSSLINKING; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MONOMERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POLYMERIZATION; PYROELECTRICITY;

FREQUENCY DOUBLED LIGHT; PUMP LIGHT; PYROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

EID: 0032002987     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000914     Document Type: Article

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