Control of morphology and diffraction efficiency of holographic gratings using siloxane-containing reactive diluent

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 435-442

  Cho, Yeong Hee ^a   Kawade, Rei ^a   Kubota, Toshihiro ^b   Kawakami, Yusuke ^a  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffraction efficiency; Holographic gratings; Holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal; Incompatibility; Phase separation; Siloxane component; Submicron size LC droplets

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; EPOXY RESINS; HOLOGRAPHY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS; HOLOGRAPHY POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS; INCOMPATIBILITY; SILOXANE COMPONENT; SUBMICRON SIZE LC DROPLETS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 24344434758     PISSN: 14686996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.stam.2005.03.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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