External stimulus driven variable-step grating in a nematic elastomer

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 6784-6789

  Sungur, Emel ^a   Li, Min Hui ^b   Taupier, Gregory ^a   Boeglin, Alex ^c   Romeo, Michelangelo ^a   Méry, Stéphane ^a   Keller, Patrick ^b   Dorkenoo, Kokou D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION;

CONTRACTILE PROPERTIES; SPATIAL SELECTIVITY; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 34249745257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.006784     Document Type: Article

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