Scanning near-field optical microscopy of cholesteric liquid crystals

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 7876-7880

  Huser, Thomas ^a   Lacoste, Thilo ^a   Heinzelmann, Harry ^a   Kitzerow, Heinz Siegfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032495970     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.476224     Document Type: Article

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