Anticlinic ferroelectric bananas for electro-optic modulators

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 344, Issue , 2006, Pages 11-18

  Zhang, Yongqiang ^a   Wand, Michael ^a   O'Callaghan, Michael J ^a   Walker, Christopher M ^a   Thurmes, William ^a  

^a Displaytech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticlinic; Banana; Bent core; Ferroelectric; Phase modulation

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; MODULATORS; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE STABILITY; SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ANTICLINIC FERROELECTRIC BANANAS; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASES;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 34548545690     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190600966763     Document Type: Conference Paper

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