Observation of self-diffraction by gratings in nematic liquid crystals doped with carbon nanotubes

Optics Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 521-523

  Lee, Wei ^a   Chiu, Chi Shen ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELF-DIFFRACTION EFFECT;

CARBON NANOTUBES; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MODULATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0000362182     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.26.000521     Document Type: Article

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