Optical memory effect in a deformed helix ferroelectric liquid crystal

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 30, 2004, Pages 5614-5617

  Thakur, Anil K ^a   Kaur, Sarabjot ^a   Bawa, Sukhwant S ^a   Biradar, Ashok M ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; SWITCHING;

DIPOLE-DIPOLE INTERACTIONS; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL (FLC); GLASS SUBSTRATES; MEMORY EFFECTS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 8344244593     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.005614     Document Type: Article

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