Characterization of the diffraction efficiency of polymer-liquid-crystal- polymer-slices gratings at all incidence angles

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 14532-14543

  Xu, Man ^a   De Sio, Luciano ^b   Caputo, Roberto ^b   Umeton, Cesare P ^b   Wachters, Arthur J H ^c   De Boer, Dick K G ^c   Urbach, H Paul ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; EFFICIENCY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMER FILMS;

ANGLES OF INCIDENCE; BRAGG CONDITIONS; HOLOGRAPHIC DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HOMOGENEOUS FILMS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; POLYMER LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMER SLICES;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MATERIALS TESTING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYMERS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 51849118418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.014532     Document Type: Article

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