Fresnel lenses based on dye-doped liquid crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6911, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lin, Liang Chen ^a   Cheng, Ko Ting ^a   Liu, Cheng Kai ^a   Ting, Chi Lun ^a   Jau, Hung Chang ^a   Lin, Tsung Hsien ^a   Fuh, Andy Y G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Azo dye; Fresnel lens; Liquid crystal

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AZO DYES; LENSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; TUNING;

DYE-DOPED CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS (DDCLC); FRESNEL LENS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 43249092091     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.762550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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