Photoinduced birefringence and reversible optical storage in liquid-crystalline azobenzene side-chain polymers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-21

  Wang, Changshun ^a   Fei, Haosheng ^a   Qiu, Yong ^a   Yang, Yanqiang ^a   Wei, Zhenqian ^a   Tian, Yanqing ^a   Chen, Yongmei ^a   Zhao, Yingying ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AZO DYES; BENZENE; BIREFRINGENCE; GLASS TRANSITION; HEATING; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; TEMPERATURE;

MOIETY; PHOTOINDUCED BIREFRINGENCE;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0033521292     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123138     Document Type: Article

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