Optical crossover phenomenon due to a central 90°-twist defect in a chiral sculptured thin film or chiral liquid crystal

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 461, Issue 2061, 2005, Pages 2985-3004

  Wang, Fei ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiral liquid crystal; Chiral sculptured thin film; Circular bragg phenomenon; Coupled wave theory; Structural chirality

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; CHIRALITY; DEFECTS; ENANTIOMERS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

CHIRAL LIQUID CRYSTAL; CHIRAL SCULPTURED THIN FILM; CIRCULAR BRAGG PHENOMENON; COUPLED-WAVE THEORY; STRUCTURAL CHIRALITY;

MATERIALS;

EID: 25144450590     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2005.1478     Document Type: Article

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