Polarization rotators fabricated by thermally-switched liquid crystal alignments based on rubbed poly(N-vinyl carbazole) films

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 7553-7558

  Chen, Yuan Di ^a   Cheng, Ko Ting ^a   Liu, Cheng Kai ^a   Ying Guey Fuh, Andy ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TREATMENT; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT; PLANAR ALIGNMENT; POLARIZATION ROTATOR; POLY(N-VINYLCARBAZOLE); PVK FILM; RE-ORIENTATION; RUBBING DIRECTION; THERMAL TREATMENT;

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 79953866934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.007553     Document Type: Article

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