Time-resolved optical waveguide spectroscopy: Application to a study of the switching process of a nematic liquid crystal under the influence of an electric field

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 2199-2201

  Mitsuishi, M ^a   Ito, S ^a   Yamamoto, M ^a   Knoll, W ^b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERMITTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SWITCHING; THIN FILMS;

DIELECTRIC TENSOR; FILM THICKNESS; FRESNEL EQUATIONS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; TIME RESOLVED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SPECTROSCOPY;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0030573835     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.117164     Document Type: Article

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