Photochromic polymers for erasable focal plane masks and re-writable volume phase holographic gratings

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4485, Issue , 2002, Pages 469-477

  Molinari, E ^a   Zerbi, G ^b   Bortoletto, F ^c   Bertarelli, C ^b   Bianco, A ^a   Conconi, P ^a   Gallazzi, M C ^a   Mazzoleni, R ^a   Pernechele, C ^c   Zerbi, M F ^a   Giro, E ^c  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diarylethenes; Optical focal plane masks; Photochromism; Refractive index; Volume phase holographic gratings

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPTICAL FILMS; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TRANSPARENCY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

DIARYLETHENES; FOCAL PLANE MASKS; PHOTOCHROMIC BACKBONE POLYMER; PHOTOISOMERISATION; VOLUME PHASE HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS;

PHOTOCHROMISM;

EID: 0036395043     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454283     Document Type: Article

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