Light propagation in variable-refractive-index materials with liquid-crystal-infiltrated microcavities

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2123-2130

  Wang, Bin ^a   Bos, Philip J ^a   Hoke, Charles D ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

MICROCAVITIES;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0242271387     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.002123     Document Type: Article

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