Mechanical tuning of holographic polymer-dispersed liquid crystal reflection gratings

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1949-1951

  Holmstrom, Scott A ^a   Natarajan, Lalgudi V ^b,c   Tondiglia, Vincent P ^b,c   Sutherland, Richard L ^b,c   Bunning, Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC DEFORMATIONS; HOLOGRAPHIC POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS (H-PDLC); MECHANICAL TUNING; PHOTOPOLYMERS;

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HOLOGRAPHY; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; PLASTIC FILMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SHEAR STRESS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 5444247789     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1790601     Document Type: Article

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