Twisted phase gratings induced by photoregulated mesogenic molecules on the surface of photoreactive polymer liquid crystal film

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 26, 2006, Pages

  Ono, Hiroshi ^a   Sasaki, Tomoyuki ^a   Emoto, Akira ^a   Uchida, Emi ^b   Kawatsuki, Nobuhiro ^b  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CROSSLINKING; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HOLOGRAPHY; PHOTOREACTIVITY; POLARIZATION;

DIFFRACTION THEORY; LIQUID CRYSTAL FILMS; MESOGENIC MOLECULES; PHASE GRATINGS; PHOTOCROSSLINKABLE POLYMER;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33846119713     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2425031     Document Type: Article

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