Photo-responsive properties and heating-induced surface relief patterns from azobenzene-doped GeO2/γ-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane organic-inorganic hybrid films

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 6868-6873

  Que, Wenxiu ^a   Sun, Z ^b   Wang, L L ^b   Chen, T ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AZOBENZENE; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SPIN COATING;

HYBRID FILMS; OPTICAL SWITCHING DEVICES; PHOTOIRRADIATION; PHOTORESPONSIVE PROPERTIES; PRISM COUPLING; SURFACE RELIEF PATTERNS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 34249702987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.006868     Document Type: Article

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