Characterization and applications of liquid crystals in the THz frequency range

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8279, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pan, Ci Ling ^a,b   Pan, Ru Pin ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

birefringent; far Infrared; Liquid crystal; optical constants; polarization filters; Solc; THz; tunable

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENT; FAR INFRARED; POLARIZATION FILTERS; SOLC; THZ; TUNABLE;

LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL CONSTANTS;

EID: 84857568533     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.914798     Document Type: Conference Paper

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