dc and ac Electro-optic response of chromophores in a viscoelastic polymer matrix: Analytical model

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2622-2631

  Pedersen, Thomas G ^a   Jespersen, Kim ^b   Johansen, Per M ^b   Wyller, John ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PLASTIC FILMS; VISCOELASTICITY;

POLYMER MATRIX;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 0141676093     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002622     Document Type: Article

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