Terahertz birefringence of liquid crystal polymers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Rutz, F ^a   Hasek, T ^a   Koch, M ^a   Richter, H ^b,c   Ewert, U ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INJECTION MOLDING; MELTING; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLARIZATION;

OPTICAL AXIS; RODLIKE POLYMERS; TERAHERTZ BIREFRINGENCE; TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY (TDS);

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 33751574660     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2397564     Document Type: Article

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