Azobenzene liquid crystalline materials for efficient optical switching with pulsed and/or continuous wave laser beams

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 8697-8704

  Hrozhyk, Uladzimir A ^a   Serak, Svetlana V ^a   Tabiryan, Nelson V ^a   Hoke, Landa ^b   Steeves, Diane M ^b   Kimball, Brian R ^b  

^a BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO   (United States)

^b DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; BENZENE; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER PULSES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PULSED LASERS;

AZOBENZENE DYES; BENZENE RING; BENZOTHIAZOLES; CW BEAM; LIGHT-INDUCED CHANGES; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NANOSECOND LASER PULSE; OPTICAL SWITCHING; PULSED EXCITATION; RESTORATION TIME;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77950906088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.008697     Document Type: Article

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