Volume hologram formation in liquid-crystal/photopolymer mixtures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5216, Issue , 2003, Pages 34-43

  Sutherland, R L ^a,b   Natarajan, L V ^a,b   Tondiglia, V P ^a,b   Bunning, T J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffraction efficiency; Holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystals; Photopolymer; Volume gratings

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DIFFUSION; DYES; FREE RADICALS; HOLOGRAMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOLYSIS;

DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; HOLOGRAPHIC POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTOPOLYMERS; VOLUME GRATING;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 1842530347     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.504865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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