Pulsed laser-induced liquid crystal alignment parallel to the exposure polarization

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E83-C, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1553-1556

  Wang, Yinghan ^a   Natsut, Toru ^a   Marita, Yutaka ^a   Kumano, Atsushi ^a   Takeuchf, Yasumasa ^a  

^a JSR CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alignment of a nematic lc; Parallel alignment; Polarized pulsed laser; Polyimide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011798948     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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