Stable polymeric materials for nonlinear optics: A review based on azobenzene systems

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-74

  Yesodha, Sandhya K ^a   Sadashiva Pillai, Chennakattu K ^a   Tsutsumi, Naoto ^b  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Azobenzene polymers; Nonlinear optics; Stable polymeric materials; Temporal stability; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHROMOPHORES; HOLOGRAPHY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

SURFACE RELIEF GRATING; TEMPORAL STABILITY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0346308524     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2003.07.002     Document Type: Review

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