All-optical and polarization-independent spatial filter based on a vertically-aligned polymerstabilized liquid crystal film with a photoconductive layer

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 22386-22392

  Huang, Chia Yi ^a   Ma, Jia Ming ^a   Mo, Tin Shan ^b   Lo, Kuo Ching ^a   Lo, Kuang Yao ^c   Lee, Chia Rong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BEAMFORMING; HIGH PASS FILTERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID FILMS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PLASTIC FILMS; POLARIZATION; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

ALL OPTICAL; HIGH PASS CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL FOURIER TRANSFORMS; POLARIZATION INDEPENDENT; POLYMER STABILIZED LIQUID CRYSTALS; SPATIAL FILTERS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

CRYSTAL FILTERS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 72049083273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.022386     Document Type: Article

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