Investigation of circular Bragg reflection in an azo polymer with photoinduced chirality

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2162-2166

  Hore, Dennis ^a,c   Wu, Yiliang ^a,d   Natansohn, Almeria ^a   Rochon, Paul ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d XEROX RESEARCH CENTRE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AZO DYES; CHROMOPHORES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PLASTIC FILMS;

PHOTOINDUCED CHIRALITY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0041923724     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1592291     Document Type: Article

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