Grating competition effects in photorefractive polymers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3471, Issue , 1998, Pages 72-80

  Smith, Mark A ^a   Mitchell, Geoffrey R ^a   O'Leary, Sean V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azo dye; Grating competition; Photoisomerization; Photorefractive

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CHROMOPHORES; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

DEGENERATE FOUR WAVE MIXING; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE EFFECT; PHOTOREFRACTIVE POLYMERS;

PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 0032404838     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.328150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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