Liquid-crystal blazed grating with spatially distributed four-level twisted nematic domains

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 7 A, 2004, Pages

  Honma, Michinori ^a   Nose, Toshiaki ^a  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beam deflector; Beam steerer; Blazed grating; Liquid crystal; Liquid crystal grating; Microrubbing

Indexed keywords

BEAL DEFLECTOR; BEAM STEERER; BLAZED GRATING; LIQUID CRYSTAL GRATING; MICRORUBBING;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIREFRINGENCE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRODES; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION; THICKNESS CONTROL; THIN FILMS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 4444264383     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.43.L855     Document Type: Article

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