Electrically switchable phase-type fractal zone plates and fractal photon sieves

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 12418-12423

  Liu, Yan Jun ^a   Dai, Hai Tao ^b   Sun, Xiao Wei ^b   Huang, Tony Jun ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; DIFFRACTION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTOMASKS; PHOTONS; SIEVES;

CURRENT AMPLITUDE; FIRST ORDER; FRACTAL ZONE PLATES; PHOTON SIEVES; POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS; SWITCHABLE;

FRACTALS;

EID: 67749091060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.012418     Document Type: Article

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