Molecular weight dependence of birefringence of thin films of the conjugated polymer poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1, 4-phenylenevinylene]

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 3792-3794

  Koynov, Kaloian ^a   Bahtiar, Ayi ^a   Ahn, Taek ^a,c   Bubeck, Christoph ^a   Hörhold, Hans Heinrich ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c Samsung SDI   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYSTYRENES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SPIN COATING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS;

INTRINSIC ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; TRANSMISSION-REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC (TE) POLARIZATIONS; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC (TM) POLARIZATIONS; WAVEGUIDE PRISM COUPLING;

SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 2942579792     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1739513     Document Type: Article

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