Fabrication of micro-grating structures by direct laser writing based on two photon process and their liquid crystal alignment abilities

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E91-C, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1581-1586

  Lee, Chee Heng ^a   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a   Miura, Yusuke ^a   Fujii, Akihiko ^a   Ozaki, Masanori ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grating; Liquid crystal alignment; Photo fabrication; Two photon excit tion

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FABRICATION; LASER EXCITATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MICROOPTICS; PHOTONS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

AZIMUTHAL ANCHORING ENERGY; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; GRATING; LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT; OPTICAL POLARIZING MICROSCOPES; PHOTO FABRICATIONS; TWO PHOTON; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATIONS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 70349660601     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e91-c.10.1581     Document Type: Article

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