A rod-like fluorinated polyimide as an in-plane birefringent optical material 2: Control of optical retardation using spontaneous molecular orientation

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 169-178

  Ando, Shinji ^a,b   Sawada, Takashi ^b   Sasaki, Shigekuni ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Optical retardation; Polarization converter; Polyimide; Spontaneous orientation; Transparency; Waveplate

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CURING; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SHRINKAGE; TENSILE PROPERTIES; TRANSPARENCY;

OPTICAL RETARDATION; POLARIZATION CONVERTER; SPONTANEOUS ORIENTATION; WAVEPLATE;

POLYIMIDES;

COMPOSITE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYIMIDE;

EID: 0033105062     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1581(199903)10:3<169::AID-PAT858>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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