Theoretical model of photoinduced anisotropy in liquid-crystalline azobenzene side-chain polyesters

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1120-1129

  Pedersen, Thomas Garm ^a   Johansen, Per Michael ^a   Holme, Niels Christian Rømer ^a   Ramanujam, P S ^a   Hvilsted, Søren ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 0032357692     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001120     Document Type: Article

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