Photoinduced scalar and vectorial optical phenomena in nano-dimensional glassy chalcogenide films and their liquid crystal photoalignment

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Klebanov, M ^a   Lyubin, V ^a   Gelbaor Kirzhner, M ^a   Abdulhalim, I ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGENIDE FILMS; CHALCOGENIDE GLASSY FILMS; LINEARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PHOTO-ALIGNMENT; PHOTO-INDUCED;

GERMANIUM; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84872837073     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4775801     Document Type: Article

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