Stable polarization gratings recorded in azo-dye-doped liquid crystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 25, 2006, Pages

  Gorkhali, Suraj P ^a   Cloutier, Sylvain G ^a   Crawford, Gregory P ^a   Pelcovits, Robert A ^b  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; GRATING STABILITY; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; SWITCHABLE POLARIZATION GRATINGS;

AZO DYES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 33745439255     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2214176     Document Type: Article

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