Time-resolved studies of photoinduced birefringence in azobenzene dye-doped polymer films

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 28, 2008, Pages 5074-5077

  Sheng, ChuanXiang ^a   Norwood, Robert A ^a   Wang, Jiafu ^a   Thomas, Jayan ^a   Yinglan, Wu ^b   Zheng, Zhiping ^b   Tabirian, N ^c   Steeves, Diane M ^d   Kimball, Brian R ^d   Peyghambarian, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c Orlando   (United States)

^d Nanomaterials Science Team War STAR Directorate US Army Natick Soldier Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; BIREFRINGENCE; OPTICAL PUMPING;

AZOBENZENE DYE DOPED POLYMERS; AZOBENZENE DYES; NANOSECOND PULSE; OPTICAL TRANSITION ENERGIES; PHOTOINDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; RELATIVE ENERGIES; SWITCH-ON; TIME RESOLVED STUDIES;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 60749115648     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.005074     Document Type: Article

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