Optical memory effects in sol-gel gel-glass based thermochromic material

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1766-1769

  Fiksman, Gennady ^a,e,f,g   Datta, Partha ^a   Otón, José M ^a   Matías, Ignacio R ^b   López Amo, Manuel ^b   Del Monte, Francisco ^c,d   Levy, David ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^f VERIZON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Optical memory; Sol gel process; Thermochromic materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343685208     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601320     Document Type: Article

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