Wavelength tuning the photonic band gap in chiral nematic liquid crystals using electrically commanded surfaces

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Choi, Su Seok ^a   Morris, Stephen M ^a   Coles, Harry J ^a   Huck, Wilhelm T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TUNING;

BAND EDGE; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 36849081814     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2820681     Document Type: Article

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