Optical retardation of in-plane switched polymer dispersed liquid crystals

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Drevensek Olenik I ^a,b   Copic M ^a,b   Sousa, M E ^c   Crawford, G P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENPOLARIZATIONS; INTERDIGITATED ELECTRODES; POLARIZATION STATE; POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL (PDLC);

BIREFRINGENCE; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33747345638     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2234539     Document Type: Article

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