Generalized Oseen transformation for and enhancement of Bragg characteristics of electro-optic structurally chiral materials

Optics Communications

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-217

  Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a,b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bandgap; Circular Bragg phenomenon; Local birefringence; Oseen transformation; Pockels effect; Structurally chiral material

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BANDGAP; CIRCULAR BRAGG PHENOMENON; LOCAL BIREFRINGENCE; OSEEN TRANSFORMATION; POCKELS EFFECT; STRUCTURALLY CHIRAL MATERIAL;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 33646051844     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2005.12.031     Document Type: Article

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