Holographic-grating recording in a hybrid cell of nanotube-doped nematic sandwich

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5947, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-8

  Lee, Wei ^a   Lee, Chien Chih ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Diffraction gratings; Liquid crystals; Photorefractivity; Polymers

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; GAIN MEASUREMENT; HOLOGRAPHY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL RECORDING; PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS; PLASTIC FILMS; SPIN COATING;

HYBRID CELLS; PHOTOCONDUCTING POLYMERIC LAYERS; PHOTOREFRACTIVITY;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 32144459511     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.620854     Document Type: Conference Paper

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