Resonant gratings in planar Grandjean cholesteric composite liquid crystals

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 27, 2007, Pages 6680-6687

  Denisov, Alexey ^a   De Bougrenet De La Tocnaye, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG REFLECTORS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

PERIODIC MODULATION STRUCTURE; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; RESONANT GRATINGS; WAVELENGTH BAND EDGE;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 36949014756     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.006680     Document Type: Article

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