Polarization-resolved angular patterns of nematic liquid crystal cells: Topological events driven by incident light polarization

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kiselev, Alexei D ^a,b   Vovk, Roman G ^a   Egorov, Roman I ^a   Chigrinov, Vladimir G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POWDERS; TOPOLOGY; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANGULAR PATTERNS; INCIDENT LIGHT;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 51749110642     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.78.033815     Document Type: Article

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