Switchable orthorhombic F photonic crystals formed by holographic polymerization-induced phase separation of liquid crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 1074-1082

  Sutherland, R L ^a   Tondiglia, V P ^a   Natarajan, L V ^a   Chandra, S ^a   Tomlin, D ^b   Bunning, T J ^c  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Technical Management Concepts Inc   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; HOLOGRAMS; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONOMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTONS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICA;

COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; HOLOGRAPHIC POLYMERIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE FABRICATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS (PC);

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0041855471     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.001074     Document Type: Article

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