Advanced bistable cholesteric light shutter with dual frequency nematic liquid crystal

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1121-1134

  Kumar, Pankaj ^a,b   Kang, Shin Woong ^a   Lee, Seung Hee ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b CHITKARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISTABLES; CONVENTIONAL POLYMERS; DARK STATE; DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPIES; DRIVING VOLTAGES; DUAL FREQUENCY; DUAL FREQUENCY LIQUID CRYSTALS; ELECTRO-OPTIC PERFORMANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENT; HIGH FIELD; HOMEOTROPIC; LIGHT SHUTTERS; SIGN INVERSION; SQUARE WAVES; SWITCHABLE WINDOWS; SWITCHING TIME; SWITCHING VOLTAGES;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYIMIDES;

SWITCHING;

EID: 84866920095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.001121     Document Type: Article

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