Electro-optic properties of switchable gratings made of polymer and nematic liquid-crystal slices

Optics Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1405-1407

  d'Alessandro A ^a   Asquini, R ^a   Gizzi, C ^a   Caputo, R ^b   Umeton, C ^b   Veltri, A ^b   Sukhov, A V ^b  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL SWITCHING; POLYMER STRIPES;

BIREFRINGENCE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HOLOGRAPHY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LASER BEAMS; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS;

EID: 2942574447     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.29.001405     Document Type: Article

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