Photoisomerization-induced change of nonlinear absorption in azo-dye doped polymethylmethacrylate thin films

Optics Communications

Volumn 236, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 33-43

  Liu, Sean ^a   Lin, Jian Hung ^a   Lin, Jin Horn ^a   Churikov, Victor M ^a   Lin, Jiann T'suen ^b   Huang, Tzer Hsiang ^c   Hsu, Chia Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^c WUFENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nonlinear transmission; Polymer thin film; Third harmonic generation; Trans cis photoisomerization

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; AZO DYES; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION; POLYMER THIN FILMS; THIRD HARMONIC GENERATION; TRANS-CIS PHOTOISOMERIZATION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 2342620679     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.03.013     Document Type: Article

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