A polarizer-free electro-optical switch using dye-doped liquid crystal gels

Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1662-1673

  Lin, Yi Hsin ^a   Lin, Hung Chun ^a   Yang, Jhih Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electro optical switch; LC gels; Liquid crystal; Polarizer free

Indexed keywords

DYE CONCENTRATION; DYE DOPED LIQUID CRYSTAL; ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE; ELECTRO-OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRO-OPTICAL SWITCHES; FABRICATION PROCESS; PHASE-SEPARATION PROCESS; POLARIZER-FREE;

LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHASE SEPARATION;

GELS;

EID: 77952699102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma2041662     Document Type: Article

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