Axially symmetric liquid crystal devices based on double-side photo-alignment

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 19643-19648

  Ko, Shih Wei ^a   Tzeng, Ying Yu ^a   Ting, Chi Lun ^a   Fuh, Andy Y G ^a   Lin, Tsung Hsien ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Photonics   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; POLARIZATION;

AXIALLY SYMMETRIC; DOUBLE SIDED; DYE DOPED LIQUID CRYSTAL; LINEARLY POLARIZED; LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES; PHOTO-ALIGNMENT; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; PUMPING LIGHT;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 56749183862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019643     Document Type: Article

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