Droplet deformation and alignment for high-efficiency polarization- dependent holographic polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal reflection gratings

Optics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1890-1892

  Tondiglia, V P ^a,b   Sutherland, R L ^a,b   Natarajan, L V ^a,b   Lloyd, P F ^c   Bunning, T J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; DEFORMATION; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DROP BREAKUP; DROPS; EFFICIENCY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HOLOGRAPHY; INCOHERENT SCATTERING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MORPHOLOGY; POLARIZATION;

DROPLET DEFORMATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HOLOGRAPHIC POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL; LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULES; LIQUID-CRYSTAL DROPLETS; MORPHOLOGY CHANGES; PERPENDICULAR POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 50549089623     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.33.001890     Document Type: Article

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