Electrically modulated photoluminescence in ferroelectric liquid crystal

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 26, 2012, Pages

  Ganguly, Prasun ^a   Joshi, T ^a,b   Singh, S ^b   Haranath, D ^a   Biradar, A M ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL MODULATION; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; HIGH INTENSITY; LOW-INTENSITY; NEW DIMENSIONS; PEAK POSITION; PL INTENSITY; SATURATION VOLTAGE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRICITY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84871776410     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4773366     Document Type: Article

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