Sheared polymer network liquid crystal for fast-response variable optical attenuators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5936, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-8

  Wu, Yung Hsun ^a   Lin, Yi Hsin ^a   Lu, Yan Qing ^a   Ren, Hongwen ^a   Fan, Yun Hsing ^a   Wu, Janet R ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Polymers; Sheared liquid crystal devices; Variable optical attenuator

Indexed keywords

SHARED LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR (VOA);

CURING; ELECTRIC ATTENUATORS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONOMERS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 31744433916     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.613203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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