Photofabrication of surface relief gratings on azobenzene polymer films

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2998, Issue , 1997, Pages 195-204

  Kim, Dong Yu ^a   Lee, Taek Seung ^a   Wang, Xianyan ^a   Jiang, Xinli ^a   Li, Lian ^a   Kumar, Jayant ^a   Tripathy, Sukant K ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Diffraction efficiency; Fourier blazed gratings; Multiple gratings; Photoisomerization; Polarization; Polymer; Surface modulation; Surface relief gratings

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ISOMERIZATION; LIGHT; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; MODULATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PLASTIC FILMS; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS; SURFACES; TEXTILE PRINTING;

AZOBENZENE; FOURIER BLAZED GRATINGS; MULTIPLE GRATINGS; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; POLYMER; SURFACE MODULATION; SURFACE RELIEF GRATINGS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 2742548494     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.264181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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