±-Si:H-FLC: Ferroelectric liquid-crystal-amorphous silicon novelty filter

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 443-454

  Robinson, Michael G ^a   Tombling, Craig ^a  

^a SHARP LABORATORIES OF EUROPE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Ferroelectric liquid crystal; Image processing sensor; Novelty filter; Spatial light modulator

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; DYES; ELECTRODES; ERROR DETECTION; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT MODULATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; SWITCHING;

BISTABLE SWITCHING; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; INTERDIGITATED ELECTRODE; PLEOCHROIC DYE INTEGRAL POLIRIZER;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0030837220     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.000443     Document Type: Article

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