Optical tuning of the reflection of cholesterics doped with azobenzene liquid crystals

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1735-1742

  Hrozhyk, Uladzimir A ^a   Serak, Svetlana V ^a   Tabiryan, Nelson V ^a   Bunning, Timothy J ^b  

^a BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LASER BEAMS; TUNING;

NANOSECOND LASER BEAMS; PHOTOTUNABLE FEATURES; SELECTIVE WAVELENGTH SHIFTS;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34547404266     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200600776     Document Type: Article

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