Short pitch cholesteric electro-optical device based on periodic polymer structures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Carbone, Giovanni ^a   Salter, Patrick ^a   Elston, Steve J ^a   Raynes, Peter ^a   De Sio, Luciano ^b   Ferjani, Sameh ^b   Strangi, Giuseppe ^b   Umeton, Cesare ^b   Bartolino, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST RATIO; DARK STATE; DISPLAY INDUSTRY; ELECTRO-OPTIC MEASUREMENTS; FAST SWITCHING; FLEXOELECTRO-OPTIC EFFECT; INPLANE ROTATION; OPTICAL AXIS; POLYMER STRUCTURE; TEST DEVICE; UNIFORM LYING HELIX;

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL ROTATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLYMERS; ROTATION;

PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

EID: 67650474977     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3159624     Document Type: Article

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