We present an electric birefringence study of aqueous solutions of an intrinsically rigid polyelectrolyte, xanthan, and of mixed solutions with an oppositely charged surfactant, DTAB. The stationary electric birefringence ...

A nonlinear method to generate and control both the type and magnitude of the birefringence, as well as differential group delay (DGD) in optical fibers is studied. Experiments show that both parameters of birefringence ...

Magnetic birefringence measurements are performed under a static field on Electric Double Layered Magnetic Fluids based on copper and zinc ferrite nanostructures. The optical birefringence is related to a single-particle ...

In this review I highlight a very sensitive experimental technique for the study of polymer-surfactant complexation: The electro-optic Kerr effect. This review does not intend to be exhaustive in covering the Kerr Effect ...

Polyazothiophene is a type of polythiophene derivative that combines the electrical and luminescent properties of polythiophenes with the photoisomerization property of azopolymers. Extensive efforts have been made to ...

Photo-induced phenomena are investigated in new metastable Agx(As20S80)100-x chalcogenide thin-films prepared by the co-evaporation technique. Under irradiation using an Ar laser at 488 nm, periodic ripples structures ...