Enhanced confocal microscopy imaging of the in-plane switching of cholesteric liquid crystal cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7050, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jewell, S A ^a   Sambles, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholesteric; Fluorescence confocal microscopy; In plane switching; Liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; POWDERS; SILVER; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3D IMAGES; CHOLESTERIC; CHOLESTERIC HELIXES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY IMAGING; DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPIES; DIRECTOR STRUCTURES; ELECTRODE GAPS; FLUORESCENCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE CONFOCAL POLARIZING MICROSCOPIES; IN-PLANE SWITCHING; LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; MICRON RESOLUTIONS; MODEL DATUMS; OPTICAL INTENSITIES; POINT SPREAD FUNCTIONS; RAY OPTICS MODELS; SILVER ELECTRODES;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 55549106811     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.793147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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