Laser etched gratings on polymer layers for alignment of liquid crystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2078-2080

  Newsome, C J ^a   O'Neill, M ^a   Farley, R J ^a   Bryan Brown, G P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ETCHING; EXCIMER LASERS; LASER ABLATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MASKS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYIMIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

AZIMUTHAL ANCHORING ENERGY; ELASTIC STRAIN ENERGY; GRATING DEPTH; POLYIMIDE ALIGNMENT LAYER;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0032050162     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.121281     Document Type: Article

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