Temperature dependence of refractive index in blue phase liquid crystals

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 527-532

  Chen, Chun Wei ^a   Jau, Hung Chang ^a   Lee, Chun Hong ^a   Li, Cheng Chang ^a   Hou, Chien Tsung ^a   Wu, Chih Wei ^a   Lin, Tsung Hsien ^a   Khoo, I C ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY-CENTERED CUBIC LATTICES; EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; ISOTROPIC LIQUID STATE; NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROCESS; OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA; PHASE IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LIQUID CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84880446855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.000527     Document Type: Article

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