Development of an All-DNA-Surfactant electro-optic Modulator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6117, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Heckman, Emily M ^a,b   Yaney, Perry P ^a   Grote, James G ^c   Kenneth Hopkins, F ^c   Tomczak, Melanie M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b Anteon Corporation   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophotonics; Electro optic coefficient; Nonlinear optics; Optical material

Indexed keywords

BIOPHOTONICS; ELECTROOPTIC COEFFICIENT; FISHING INDUSTRY;

CHROMOPHORES; DNA; LIGHT MODULATORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33646677782     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.646612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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