Polarization-independent tunable optical filters based on liquid crystal polarization gratings

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6654, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Nicolescu, Elena ^a   Escuti, Michael J ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandpass; Diffraction; Liquid crystals; Polarization gratings; Polarization independent; Tunable optical filter

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPACITY;

POLARIZATION GRATINGS; POLARIZATION INDEPENDENT TUNABLE OPTICAL FILTERS; TUNABLE OPTICAL FILTERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 42149103807     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.735305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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