Two-dimensional tunable photonic crystal formed in a liquid-crystal/ polymer composite: Threshold behavior and morphology

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1331-1333

  Escuti, Michael J ^a   Qi, Jun ^a   Crawford, Gregory P ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; PRISMS; REACTION KINETICS; VECTORS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS (PC);

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 0042919599     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1600533     Document Type: Article

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