Title Photoinduced Modifications of the Nonlinear Optical Response in Liquid Crystalline Azopolymers Author(s) Alicante, Raquel Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. Description XX, 200 p : online resource Abstract Note Nonlinear optical (NLO) phenomena such as frequency conversion have played a key role in the development of photonic technologies. This thesis reports a detailed study of the molecular response of a large variety of push-pull organic compounds using the Second Harmonic Generation technique, which will serve as a starting point for the investigation at the macroscopic scale of azobenzene-based liquid crystalline polymeric films and their blends with highly efficient NLO chromophores. These materials are designed with the aim of exploiting their photo-addressability in order to tailor their nonlinear behaviour. The magnitude and symmetry of their??nonlinear response was successfully controlled via light irradiation and thermal treatments. Moreover, as a specific application, the recording of efficient NLO gratings was achieved and is described here ISBN,Price 9783642317569 Keyword(s) 1. Amorphous substances 2. Complex fluids 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - SPRINGER 5. Electronic materials 6. Interfaces (Physical sciences) 7. LASERS 8. Materials???Surfaces 9. Optical and Electronic Materials 10. OPTICAL MATERIALS 11. Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices 12. PHOTONICS 13. Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics 14. Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films 15. Surfaces (Physics) 16. Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films 17. THIN FILMS Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I07388     On Shelf