Pinning effect on the photonic bandgaps of blue-phase liquid crystal

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1606-1609

  Liu, Hu Yi ^a   Wang, Chun Ta ^a   Hsu, Chiao Yun ^a   Lin, Tsung Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLATELETS; ROCK BOLTING;

ANCHORING FORCES; BLUE PHASE; BLUE PHASIS; COOLING PROCESS; DIFFERENT BOUNDARY CONDITION; PHOTOALIGNMENT TECHNIQUE; PINNING EFFECTS; SURFACE ALIGNMENT;

SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

EID: 79958729049     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.001606     Document Type: Article

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