Turning on fluorescence by two-photon excitation and polymerization: Toward a 3-D optical memory device

Nonlinear Optics Quantum Optics

Volumn 31, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 175-184

  Dyer, Daniel J ^a,e   Cumpston, Brian H ^b   McCord Maughon, Dianne ^a   Thayumanavan, S ^a,c,f   Barlow, Stephen ^c,d   Perry, Joseph W ^a,b,c,d   Marder, Seth R ^a,b,c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL MEMORY DEVICES; SINGLE-PHOTON EXCITATION; TWO-PHOTON DYES; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATION;

CHROMOPHORES; DYES; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTONS; POLYMERIZATION; QUENCHING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 3242677995     PISSN: 15430537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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