Hologram recording in polyvinyl alcohol/acrylamide photopolymers by means of pulsed laser exposure

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 2613-2620

  Garcia, Celia ^a   Pascual, Inmaculada ^a   Costela, Angel ^b   Garcia Moreno, Inmaculada ^b   Gomez, Clara ^b   Fimia, Antonio ^c   Sastre, Roberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

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EID: 0037052098     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.002613     Document Type: Article

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