Submillisecond response variable optical attenuator based on sheared polymer network liquid crystal

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 6377-6384

  Wu, Yung Hsun ^a   Lin, Yi Hsin ^a   Lu, Yan Qing ^a   Ren, Hongwen ^a   Fan, Yun Hsing ^a   Wu, Janet R ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GELS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

RESPONSE TIME; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR (VOA);

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 11244280992     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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