Investigations of dynamic photorefractivity regime by optical polarizing microscopy

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-104

  Agashkov, A V ^a   Kovalev, A A ^a   Parka, J ^b  

^a B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

^b MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ac electric field; Dynamic photorefractivity; Liquid crystal 6CHBT; Optical interference field; Photosensitive aligning layers; Polarizing microscopy; Transient domain structure

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

AC ELECTRIC FIELD; DYNAMIC PHOTOREFRACTIVITY; OPTICAL INTERFERENCE FIELDS; PHOTOSENSITIVE ALIGNING LAYERS; POLARIZING MICROSCOPY; TRANSIENT DOMAIN;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 63949087718     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-008-0077-1     Document Type: Article

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