Transmissive liquid crystal light-valve for near-infrared applications

Applied Optics

Volumn 52, Issue 22, 2013, Pages

  Bortolozzo, Umberto ^a   Residori, Stefania ^a   Huignard, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b Jphopto   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE SHIFT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

INCIDENT LIGHT INTENSITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL LIGHT VALVE; NEAR INFRARED REGION; NEAR-INFRARED APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL PHASE SHIFTS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATES; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; SELF DEFOCUSING MEDIUM;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 84881322458     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.52.000E73     Document Type: Article

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