Optical properties of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DMA) polymer host

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6401, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Samoc, Anna ^a   Samoc, Marek ^a   Grote, James G ^b   Miniewicz, Andrzej ^a,c   Luther Davies, Barry ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

DNA; DNA CTMA; DR1; Molecular orientation; Nonlinear optics; Refractive index anisotropy; Thin film; UV absorption

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CHROMOPHORES; LASER PULSES; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THIN FILMS;

ANISOTROPIC ALIGNMENT; CETYLTRIMETHYL-AMMONIUM (CTMA); COUNTER IONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX ANISOTROPY;

DNA;

EID: 33846232246     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.691239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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