POLICRYPS: A liquid crystal composed nano/microstructure with a wide range of optical and electro-optical applications

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Caputo, R ^a   De Luca, A ^a   De Sio, L ^a   Pezzi, L ^a   Strangi, G ^a   Umeton, C ^a   Veltri, A ^a   Asquini, R ^b   D'Alessandro, A ^b   Donisi, D ^b   Beccherelli, R ^c   Sukhov, A V ^d   Tabiryan, N V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS IN MECHANICS   (Russian Federation)

^e BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid crystalline composite materials; Microlasers arrays; Switchable Bragg filters; Switchable holographic gratings; Switchable phase modulators

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS; LIGHT; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; METAL CLADDING; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; PHASE MODULATION; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MICROLASERS ARRAYS; SWITCHABLE BRAGG FILTERS; SWITCHABLE HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS; SWITCHABLE PHASE MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 63649134152     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/2/024017     Document Type: Article

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