Orientational photorefractive holograms in porphyrin:Zn-doped nematic liquid crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 17329-17341

  Kim, Eun Ju ^a   Yang, Hye Ri ^a   Lee, Sang Jo ^a   Kim, Gun Yeup ^a   Kwak, Chong Hoon ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HOLOGRAMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE CRYSTALS; PORPHYRINS; ZINC;

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; DC ELECTRIC FIELD; DIFFRACTION PROPERTY; DYNAMIC HOLOGRAMS; GRATING PERIODS; MATERIAL EQUATIONS; PHOTOREFRACTIVE HOLOGRAMS; TORQUE BALANCE;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 55349095469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.017329     Document Type: Article

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