Spontaneous pattern formation due to modulation instability of incoherent white light in a photopolymerizable medium

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 4738-4746

  Burgess, Ian B ^a   Shimmell, Whitney E ^a   Saravanamuttu, Kalaichelvi ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STABILITY; WAVEGUIDES;

ORGANOSILOXANES; WAVEPACKETS; WHITE LIGHT;

ORGANOMETALLICS;

SILOXANE;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; NOISE REDUCTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; OPTICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; REFRACTION INDEX; THEORETICAL MODEL;

LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SILOXANES;

EID: 34247539906     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja068967b     Document Type: Article

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