Depolarization effects of light reflected by domain-structured cholesteric liquid crystals

Optics Communications

Volumn 214, Issue 1-6, 2003, Pages 193-198

  Bohley, Christian ^a   Scharf, Toralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

4 4 Berreman matrix method; Cholesteric liquid crystal; Depolarization; Domain structure; Polymer dispersed cholesteric liquid crystal

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS;

DEPOLARIZATION;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0037448214     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(02)02170-3     Document Type: Article

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