Electro-optic characteristics of a transparent nanophotonic device based on carbon nanotubes and liquid crystals

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2099-2104

  Rajasekharan, Ranjith ^a   Dai, Qing ^a   Wilkinson, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOPHOTONICS; NANOTUBES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE MODULATION; YARN;

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DRIVING VOLTAGES; ELECTRO-OPTIC CHARACTERISTIC; HOLDING VOLTAGE; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; NANOPHOTONIC DEVICES; NANOTUBE ELECTRODES; QUARTZ SUBSTRATE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 77955698906     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.002099     Document Type: Article

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