Electrically switchable mirrors based on polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6487, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lu, Shin Ying ^a   Golovin, Andrii ^a   Chien, Liang Chy ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesteric; Electrically switchable; Mirror; Reflective

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; REFLECTION; WAVELENGTH;

ELECTROOPTICAL CELLS; PITCH SHORTENING;

MIRRORS;

EID: 34248662399     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.708240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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