Monte carlo study of tunable negative-zero-positive index of refraction in nanosphere dispersed liquid crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7213, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Walasik, W ^a   Jarema, M ^a   Pawlik, G ^a   Orlik, R ^a   Mitus, A C ^a   Kajzar, F ^b  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Metamaterials; Monte Carlo; Negative index of refraction; Nematic liquid crystals

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING FORCES; CONTROL PARAMETERS; DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS; EFFECTIVE HAMILTONIAN; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; INCIDENT LIGHT; INDEX OF REFRACTION; MOLECULAR ORDERS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO STUDY; NEGATIVE INDEX OF REFRACTION; ORDER PARAMETER; PLANAR CELLS; POSITIVE VALUE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; METAMATERIALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOSPHERES; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; ROCK BOLTING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 67649170867     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.809718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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