Polarization-universal bandgap in periodically twisted nematics

Optics Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1678-1682

  Sarkissian, Hakob ^a   Zeldovich, Boris Ya ^a   Tabiryan, Nelson V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCIDENT LIGHT; SINUSOIDAL MODULATION; TWISTED NEMATICS;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION;

EID: 33745743897     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.31.001678     Document Type: Article

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