Highly efficient photorefractive composites based on layered photoconductive polymers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2307-2312

  Kwon, O Pil ^a,b   Lee, Suck Hvun ^a   Montemezzani, Germano ^b   Günter, Peter ^b  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; GLASS TRANSITION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PLASTICIZERS;

PHOTOCONDUCTIVE POLYMERS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE SENSITIVITY;

PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 0242410190     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.002307     Document Type: Article

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