Flexoelectric polarisation effects in nematic liquid crystal phase gratings

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7050, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Trabi, C L ^a   Smith, A A T ^b   Mottram, N J ^b   Brown, C V ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffractive optical element; Nematic liquid crystal; Phase grating

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MASKS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIC GLASS; POWDERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUBSTRATES;

FLEXOELECTRIC; FLEXOELECTRIC COEFFICIENTS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; INTERDIGITATED ELECTRODES; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; NEGATIVE POLARITIES; NEMATIC LAYERS; NEMATIC LIQUIDS; NEMATIC REORIENTATIONS; PATTERNED ELECTRODES; PERIODIC DISTORTIONS; PERIODIC VARIATIONS; PHASE GRATING; PHASE GRATINGS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 55549126485     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.794912     Document Type: Conference Paper

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