Polarisation-sensitive optical elements in azobenzene polyesters and peptides

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 912-925

  Ramanujam, P S ^a   Dam Hansen, C ^a   Berg, R H ^a   Hvilsted, S ^a   Nikolova, L ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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

Author keywords

Azobenzene polymer; Computer generated holograms; Holographic optical elements; Polarisation defects; Surface relief

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BENZENE; COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS; HOLOGRAPHY; LASER BEAMS; LENSES; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; POLARIZATION; POLYESTERS; POLYPEPTIDES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

AZOBENZENE POLYMER; COMPUTER-GENERATED HOLOGRAMS; POLARISATION DEFECTS; SURFACE RELIEF;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33646017405     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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