Design and transmission-reflection properties of liquid crystalline optical metamaterials with large birefringence and sub-unity or negative-refractive index

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 533-549

  Diaz, A ^a   Park, J H ^a   Khoo, I C ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Negative refractive index; Sub unity refractive index; Tunable optical metamaterials

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; METAMATERIALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

DISPERSION OF NANO PARTICLES; LARGE BIREFRINGENCE; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX; OPTICAL METAMATERIALS; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION; SWITCHING ELEMENTS; TRANSMISSION REFLECTION;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 38349124826     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863507003883     Document Type: Article

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