PCBM:P3HT polymer composites for photonic crystal all-optical switching applications

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 38, 2010, Pages

  Li, Zhiqiang ^a   Hu, Xiaoyong ^a   Zhang, Jiaxiang ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Gong, Qihuang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; EXCITON-EXCITON ANNIHILATION; FEMTOSECOND PUMPS; INTERMOLECULAR CHARGE TRANSFER; NONLINEAR REFRACTIVE INDEX; ORGANIC PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER COMPOSITE; PROBE LASER; PUMP INTENSITIES; PUMP LASER; RESONANT EXCITATION; SWITCHING TIME;

CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EXCITONS; ION BEAMS; ION EXCHANGE; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PROBES; PUMPS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 78249244425     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/38/385104     Document Type: Article

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