Electrically-controlled two-dimensional gratings based on layers undulations in cholesteric liquid crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5936, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-9

  Senyuk, Bohdan ^a   Smalyukh, Ivan ^a   Lavrentovich, Oleg ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterics; Liquid crystals; Phase gratings

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTIMIZATION; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CHOLESTRICS; PHASE GRATINGS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 31844451681     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.615976     Document Type: Conference Paper

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