Unusual polarization dependent optical erasure of surface relief gratings on azobenzene polymer films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 2502-2504

  Jiang, X L ^a   Li, L ^a   Kumar, J ^a   Kim, D Y ^a   Tripathy, S K ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIREFRINGENCE; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL RECORDING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

AZOBENZENE POLYMER FILM; BIREFRINGENT GRATING; CHROMOPHORE ORIENTATION; HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING; OPTICAL ERASURE; PHOTOPRINTING; SURFACE MODULATION; SURFACE RELIEF GRATING;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0032071995     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.121400     Document Type: Article

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