Liquid crystal wavefront corrector with modal response based on spreading of the electric field in a dielectric material

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2770-2778

  Loktev, Mikhail ^c   Vdovin, Gleb ^c   Klimov, Nikolai ^a   Kotova, Svetlana ^b  

^a OOO Konstanta   (Russian Federation)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC PRODUCTS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; MIRRORS; WAVEFRONTS;

CERAMIC PLATE; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; WAVEFRONT CORRECTOR;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33947420080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.002770     Document Type: Article

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