Tuning the photonic band gap in cholesteric liquid crystals by temperature-dependent dopant solubility

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1236-1242

  Huang, Yuhua ^a   Zhou, Ying ^a   Doyle, Charlie ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ENERGY GAP; PHOTONS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CHIRAL DOPANT; DYE-DOPED CLC LASERS; PHOTONIC BAND GAP;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 32644445050     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.001236     Document Type: Article

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