Axially symmetric polarization converters based on photo-aligned liquid crystal films

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3768-3775

  Tzeng, Ying Yu ^a   Ke, Shih Wei ^a   Ting, Chi Lun ^a   Fuh, Andy Y G ^a   Lin, Tsung Hsien ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PUMPING;

DYE DOPED LIQUID CRYSTAL FILMS;

FREQUENCY CONVERTERS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 41149103102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.003768     Document Type: Article

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