Toward submicrometer optical storage through controlled molecular disorder in azo-dye copolymer films

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 532-537

  Gindre, Denis ^a,b   Boeglin, Alex ^a   Taupier, Gregory ^a   Crégut, Olivier ^a   Vola, Jean Pierre ^a   Barsella, Alberto ^a   Mager, Loïc ^a   Fort, Alain ^a   Dorkenoo, Kokou D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AZO DYES; HARMONIC GENERATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

OPTICALLY INDUCED ORIENTATION;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 34047137167     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000532     Document Type: Article

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