Polarizing terahertz waves with nematic liquid crystals

Optics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1174-1176

  Hsieh, Cho Fan ^a   Lai, Yu Chien ^a   Pan, Ru Pin ^a   Pan, Ci Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUSED SILICA; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EXTINCTION RATIOS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS (NLC); POLARIZATION FACTOR; TERA HERTZ;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 45749148143     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.33.001174     Document Type: Article

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