Journal article
Self-Induced Light Polarization Rotation in Azobenzene-Containing Polymers
In
Applied Physics Letters
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2000, Volume 77, Issue 5, pp. 657-659
Abstract
We report here a light-induced phenomenon--a self-induced rotation of the azimuth of elliptically polarized light passing through photobirefringent azopolymers. The experiments are carried out with films of amorphous and liquid-crystalline polymers. It has been shown that the induced rotation angle depends on the ellipticity of the input light.
A theoretical analysis of the phenomenon has been done and it has been shown that light induces chiral structure in the polymer films. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)02731-5].
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Pages: | 657-659 |
| ISSN: | 10773118 and 00036951 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1063/1.127076 |
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