Optical transverse excitation in quaterthiophene crystals by ultraviolet-visible internal and attenuated total reflection

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Raimondo, L ^a   Laicini, M ^a   Tavazzi, S ^a   Borghesi, A ^a   Spearman, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION; OPTICAL TRANSVERSE EXCITATION; QUATERTHIOPHENE CRYSTALS; WAVE-NORMAL VECTOR;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EXCITONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VECTORS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 22944459535     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1849771     Document Type: Article

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