Analysis of nematic-liquid-crystal binary gratings with high spatial frequency

Optical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2129-2137

  Bouvier, Manuel ^a   Scharf, Toralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

NEMATIC DIRECTOR ALIGNMENT; SWITCHABLE BINARY GRATINGS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0034251088     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1304857     Document Type: Article

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