Optical properties of holographically generated twisted nematic liquid-crystal gratings

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Choi, Hyunhee ^a   Wu, J W ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODULATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION;

COUNTERPROPAGATING; DIFFRACTION ORDERS; DIFFRACTION PROPERTY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; ORTHOGONALLY POLARIZED BEAMS; POLARIZATION MODULATION; TWISTED NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 59949098728     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000001     Document Type: Article

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