Polarization selective wavelength tunable filter

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 502, Issue , 2009, Pages 19-28

  Beeckman, Jeroen ^a   Hui, Tian ^a   Vanbrabant, Pieter J M ^a   Zmijan, Robert ^a   Neyts, Kristiaan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lyot hman filter; Nematic liquid crystals; Polarization detection

Indexed keywords

BLUE LIGHT; COLOR CCD; COLOR PIXELS; LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; POLARIZATION COMPONENTS; POLARIZATION DETECTION; POLARIZATION STATE; SPECIAL APPLICATIONS; TRANSMITTED LIGHT; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE FILTER;

CAMERAS; CCD CAMERAS; CRYSTALS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; PIXELS; POLARIZATION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 78751603820     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400902813626     Document Type: Conference Paper

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