Photorefractive effect in nematic - Clay nanocomposites

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2058-2063

  Huang, Yuan Pin ^a   Tsai, Tsung Yen ^b   Lee, Wei ^b   Chin, Wei Kuo ^a   Chang, Yun Min ^b   Chen, Hui Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHT MODULATION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LIQUID-CRYSTAL DEVICES; SMECTILE CLAY; SPACE-CHARGE FIELDS; TWO-WAVE MIXING;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 17444411963     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.002058     Document Type: Article

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