Enhancing birefringence by doping fluorinated phenyltolanes

IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 327-331

  Gauza, Sebastian ^a   Zhao, Yang ^a   Le Cor, Tatiana ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^a   Dziaduszek, Jerzy ^b   Sasnouski, Genadz ^c   Dabrowski, Roman ^b   Chien, Liang Chy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutectic mixtures; High birefringence; Liquid crystals; Phenyltolane isothiocyanates; Quaterphenyl isothiocyanates

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; EUTECTICS; LASER BEAMS; MELTING; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

LASER BEAM STEERING; MELTING TEMPERATURE; PHENYLTOLANE ISOTHIOCYANATES; QUATERPHENYL ISOTHIOCYANATES;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33845622439     PISSN: 1551319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JDT.2006.885160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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