Light-controlled polarization switches in azobenzene-containing polymers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5226, Issue , 2003, Pages 199-203

  Mancheva, Ivanka ^a,b   Nacheva, Elena ^a   Petrova, Tsveta ^a   Tomova, Natalia ^a   Dragostinova, Violeta ^a   Todorov, Todor ^a   Nikolova, Ludmila ^a  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b CENTRAL LABORATORY OF OPTICAL STORAGE AND PROCESSING OF INFORMATION   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Azobenzene polymers; Chiral structure; Photoinduced anisotropy; Polariuzation switches

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE POLYMERS; CHIRAL STRUCTURE; PHOTOINDUCED ANISOTROPY; POLARIZATION SWITCHES;

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; DATA PROCESSING; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHTING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PYROLYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 2342477159     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.519487     Document Type: Conference Paper

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