A nonlinear optical element for incoherent image subtraction based on photoanisotropy

Optics Communications

Volumn 154, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 339-344

  Fleck, B ^a   Jahn, D ^a   Wenke, L ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azo dye doped polymers; Incoherent image subtraction; Logical operations; Photoanisotropic polymers

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AZO DYES; BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

INCOHERENT IMAGE SUBTRACTION; PHOTOANISOTROPIC POLYMERS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0032163941     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00336-8     Document Type: Article

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