Multiplex diffraction from functionalized polymer liquid crystals and polarization conversion

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2379-2384

  Ono, Hiroshi ^a   Emoto, Akira ^a   Kawatsuki, Nobuhiro ^b   Hasegawa, Takako ^b  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; HOLOGRAPHY; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL DEVICES;

HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING MATERIALS; PHOTOCROSSLINKING; POLARIZATION GRATINGS; THERMAL DURABILITY;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 2942755797     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.002379     Document Type: Article

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