Compact spectrophotometer using polarization-independent liquid crystal tunable optical filters

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6661, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Elena, Nicolesou ^a   Escuti, Michael J ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Polarization gratings; Spectrometry; Spectrophotometer; Tunable optical filter

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FILTERS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLARIZATION GRATINGS; POLARIZATION GRATINGS; REFLECTIVE DIFFRACTION; TUNABLE OPTICAL FILTERS;

SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

EID: 42149175473     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.735152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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