Chiral azobenzene nematics phototunable with a green laser beam

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 488, Issue , 2008, Pages 42-55

  Serak, Svetlana V ^a   Tabiryan, Nelson V ^a   Chilaya, Guram ^b   Chanishvili, Andro ^b   Petriashvili, Gia ^b  

^a BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYBERNETICS   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Bragg reflection; Chiral dopants; Laser; Liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; LASER BEAMS; LASER OPTICS; LASERS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SOLDERED JOINTS;

AZOBENZENE; BAND GAPS; BRAGG REFLECTION; BRAGG REFLECTIONS; CHIRAL AZOBENZENE; CHIRAL DOPANTS; GREEN LASERS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LASER; NEMATICS; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL SWITCHING; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; TRANSMITTED BEAMS;

REFLECTION;

EID: 51849153905     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400802240144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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