Correlation between polymer architecture and sub-glass-transition-temperature light-induced molecular movement in azo-polyimide polymers: Influence on linear and second-and third-order nonlinear optical processes

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 401-413

  Sekkat, Zouheir ^a,d   Prêtre, Philippe ^a   Knoesen, André ^a   Volksen, Willie ^b   Lee, Victor Y ^b   Miller, Robert D ^b   Wood, Jonathan ^c   Knoll, Wolfgang ^c,e  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^e INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

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EID: 0032342898     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000401     Document Type: Article

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