Polarization effects in nematic liquid crystal optical phased arrays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5213, Issue , 2004, Pages 26-39

  Harris, Scott ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL PHASE ARRAYS (LCOPA); TWISTED NEMATIC (TN) DISPLAY;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 1842636704     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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