Thermally and electrically switchable gratings based on polymer-ball-type polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal films

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 4585-4589

  Fuh, Andy Ying Guey ^a   Lee, Chia Rong ^a   Ho, Ya Hui ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CURING; DISPERSIONS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LASER BEAMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHTING; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; OPTICAL FILMS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; SWITCHING THEORY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LIQUID-CRYSTAL FILMS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0036683832     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.004585     Document Type: Article

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