The anisotropic nanomovement of azo-polymers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 652-659

  Ishitobi, H ^a   Tanabe, M ^b   Sekkat, Z ^b,c,d   Kawata, S ^b,e  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AL AKHAWAYN UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d HASSAN II ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Morocco)

^e RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROSTRICTION; ISOMERIZATION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

AZO POLYMERS; FOCUSED LASER BEAMS; LASER POLARIZATION; NANOSCALE POLYMERS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 33846465309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.000652     Document Type: Article

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