Effect of polymer concentration and localization on the electro-optical performance of cholesteric flexoelectro-optical devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5741, Issue , 2005, Pages 15-22

  Kim, Sang Hwa ^a   Zhou, Xiaoli ^a   Komitov, Lachezar ^b   Chien, Liang Chy ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cholesteric; Flexoelectro optical; Polymer stabilization; Uniform lying helix

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LIGHTING; OPTICAL DEVICES; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SWITCHING; TEXTURES;

CHOLESTERIC; FLEXOELECTRO-OPTICAL; POLYMER CONCENTRATION; UNIFORM LYING HELIX;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 23744448590     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.584499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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