Electrically tunable two-dimensional liquid crystals gratings induced by polarization holography

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 5872-5878

  Provenzano, C ^a   Pagliusi, P ^a   Cipparrone, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS; POLARIZATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

NEMATIC STRUCTURES; PHOTOALIGNING SUBSTRATES; POLARIZATION HOLOGRAPHY; POLARIZED BEAM;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34248191965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.005872     Document Type: Article

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