Polychromatic liquid crystal laser arrays towards display applications

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 18827-18837

  Morris, Stephen M ^a   Hands, Philip J W ^a   Findeisen Tandel, Sonja ^a   Cole, Robert H ^a   Wilkinson, Timothy D ^a   Coles, Harry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID LASERS; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; PUMPING (LASER);

CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; DISPLAY APPLICATION; FABRICATION PROCEDURE; LASER PROJECTION DISPLAYS; LIQUID-CRYSTAL LASERS; PITCH GRADIENT; RED GREEN BLUES; WIDE COLOR GAMUT;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LASER; LIQUID CRYSTAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COLOR; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DATA DISPLAY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56149092207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.018827     Document Type: Article

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