Two-state model of light induced activation and thermal bleaching of photochromic glasses: Theory and experiments

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 3669-3673

  Ferrari, José A ^a   Perciante, César D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CLEANING; GLASS; PHOTOCHROMISM; PHOTOSENSITIVE GLASS;

ACTIVATION PROCESS; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELING; PHOTOCHROMIC GLASS; REAL-TIME HOLOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL BLEACHING; TWO-STATE MODEL;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 51949083955     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.003669     Document Type: Article

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