Light-induced circular birefringence in cyanoazobenzene side-chain liquid-crystalline polyester films

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 438-441

  Naydenova, I ^a   Nikolova, L ^a   Ramanujam, P S ^b   Hvilsted, S ^b  

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY OF OPTICAL STORAGE AND PROCESSING OF INFORMATION   (Bulgaria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; CHROMOPHORES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL ROTATION; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYESTERS;

AZODYE POLYMERS; CIRCULAR BIREFRINGENCE; CYANOAZOBENZENE SIDE-CHAIN LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYESTERS; PHOTOINDUCED OPTICAL ANISOTROPY;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0033356393     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/1/4/303     Document Type: Article

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