Optical constants of two typical liquid crystals 5CB and PCH5 in the THz frequency range

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 335-338

  Pan, R P ^a   Tsai, T R ^a   Chen, C Y ^a   Pan, C L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

5CB; Absorption; Birefringence; Liquid crystal; Optical constants; PCH5; Refractive index; THz; Time domain spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BENZONITRILE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; BIREFRINGENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0038711567     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024485918938     Document Type: Conference Paper

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