Monodomain film formation and lasing in dye-doped polymer cholesteric liquid crystals

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 9 A, 2004, Pages 6142-6144

  Ohta, Takashi ^a   Song, Myoung Hoon ^a   Tsunoda, Yuko ^a   Nagata, Takaaki ^a   Shin, Ki Chul ^a   Araoka, Fumito ^a   Takanishi, Yoichi ^a   Ishkawa, Ken ^a   Watanabe, Junji ^a   Nishimura, Suzushi ^b   Toyooka, Takehiro ^b   Takezoe, Hideo ^a  

^a Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^b JAPAN ENERGY CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesteric liquid crystal; Helical pitch; Lasing; Photonic effect; Photonic structure; Polymer

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COMPOSITION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIXTURES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONS; POLYIMIDES; REFLECTION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLUTIONS; SPIN COATING;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; HELICAL PITCH; LASING; PHOTONIC EFFECT; PHOTONIC STRUCTURE;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS;

EID: 3042667177     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.43.6142     Document Type: Article

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