Liquid-crystal phase grating based on in-plane switching

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 34, 2001, Pages 6252-6259

  Fujieda, Ichiro ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; GLASS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULES; SWITCHING;

LIQUID-CRYSTAL PHASE GRATINGS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0038488316     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.006252     Document Type: Article

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