Fabry-Perot etalon with polymer cholesteric liquid-crystal mirrors

Optics Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-57

  Stockley, Jay E ^a   Sharp, Gary D ^a   Johnson, Kristina M ^b  

^a BOULDER NONLINEAR SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CURING; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ETALONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES;

CHIRAL NEMATICS; FABRY-PEROT ETALON; POLYMER CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL MIRRORS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0032620325     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.24.000055     Document Type: Article

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