Study of a poly-1,6-dicarbazolyl-2,4-hexadiyne nanocrystal film by the fifth-order electroabsorption spectroscopy

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 623-632

  Yang, Ke ^a   He, Jin An ^a   Kumar, Jayant ^a   Samuelson, Lynne A ^a,b   Oshikiri, Toshiyuki ^c   Katagi, Hideyuki ^c   Kasai, Hitoshi ^c   Okada, Shuji ^c   Oikawa, Hidetoshi ^c   Nakanishi, Hachiro ^c   Tripathy, Suukant K ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROREFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCRYSTAL FILM; VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 20244371674     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000623     Document Type: Article

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