Longitudinally modulated nematic bandgap structure

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1712-1717

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

BAND STRUCTURE; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; POLARIZATION; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BANDGAP REFLECTION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33750039984     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.001712     Document Type: Article

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