Photorefractive polymeric solitons supported by orientationally enhanced birefringent and electro-optic effects

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 785-793

  Sheu, Fang Wen ^a   Shih, Ming Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CHROMOPHORES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLITONS;

OPTICAL SPATIAL SOLITONS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0035632490     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000785     Document Type: Article

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