Characterization of a nematic PALC at large oblique incidence angles

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 10381-10389

  Tsai, C C ^a   Wei, H C ^a   Hsieh, C H ^a   Yu, L P ^a   Yu, C R ^b   Huang, H S ^b   Chou, C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELLIPSOMETRY; INTERFEROMETRY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANGLE MEASUREMENTS; LARGE OBLIQUE INCIDENCE ANGLES; OBLIQUE INCIDENCE ANGLES; OPTICAL HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETERS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 34547798007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.010381     Document Type: Article

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