Effects of anisotropic diffractions on holographic polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal gratings

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 594-603

  Ogiwara, Akifumi ^a  

^a KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIFFRACTION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION;

ANISOTROPIC DIFFRACTION; AZIMUTH DEPENDENCE; DIFFRACTION PROPERTY; GRATING FORMATION; HOLOGRAPHIC POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL; INCIDENT POLARIZATION STATE; RUBBING DIRECTION; SURFACE CONDITIONS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 79551553125     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.000594     Document Type: Article

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