Photo-orientation by multiphoton photoselection

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 868-873

  Ishitobi, Hidekazu ^a   Sekkat, Zouheir ^a,b   Kawata, Satoshi ^a,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; AZO DYES; BLEACHING; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIZATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

MULTIPHOTON PHOTOSELECTION; PHOTOBLEACHING; POLARIZED MULTIPHOTON ABSORPTION; SAPPHIRE LASER;

PHOTONS;

EID: 33745751831     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000868     Document Type: Article

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