Polarization dependence of holographic grating recording in azobenzene-functionalized polymers monitored by visible and infrared light

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 114, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 9751-9760

  Sobolewska, Anna ^a   Bartkiewicz, Stanislaw ^a   Miniewicz, Andrzej ^a   Schab Balcerzak, Ewa ^b  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b CENTRE OF POLYMER AND CARBON MATERIALS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; FOUR WAVE MIXING; HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS; PHOTOPOLYMERS; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COUPLING PHASE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS; HOLOGRAPHIC DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HOLOGRAPHIC GRATING RECORDING; INFRARED LIGHT; PHASE GRATING; PHOTOCHROMIC POLYMERS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; RECORDING BEAMS; RECORDING PROCESS; REFRACTIVE INDEX GRATINGS; SIMULTANEOUS FORMATION; SURFACE RELIEFS; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TWO WAVE MIXING; UP TIME;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

EID: 77955447033     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp103756h     Document Type: Article

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