Electrically switchable optical vortex generated by a computer-generated hologram recorded in polymer-dispersed liquid crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 16645-16650

  Liu, Y J ^a   Sun, X W ^a   Wang, Q ^a   Luo, D ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; HOLOGRAMS; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION;

OPTICAL VORTEX; POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 37149029391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.016645     Document Type: Article

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