AC electric field assisted photo-induced high efficiency orientational diffractive grating in nematic liquid crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2197-2202

  Song, Liang ^a   Lee, Wing Kee ^a   Wang, Xiaosheng ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; FULLERENES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SCATTERING;

FIRST-ORDER DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; HOMEOTROPIC NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; SPATIALLY MODULATED LIGHT;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 33645089683     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.002197     Document Type: Article

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