Electric Field-Driven Shifting and Expansion of Photonic Band Gaps in 3D Liquid Photonic Crystals

ACS Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1524-1531

  Chen, Chun Wei ^a   Li, Cheng Chang ^a   Jau, Hung Chang ^a   Yu, Lu Chun ^a   Hong, Ching Lang ^a   Guo, Duan Yi ^a   Wang, Chun Ta ^a   Lin, Tsung Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

band gap modulation; blue phase; liquid crystal; photonic crystal

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; ENERGY GAP; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID LASERS; LIQUIDS; MODULATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY;

BANDGAP MODULATION; BLUE PHASE; CENTRAL WAVELENGTH; CRYSTAL AXIS; LATTICE SPACING; PHOTONIC APPLICATION; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POLYMER-STABILIZED BLUE PHASE;

PHOTONIC BAND GAP;

EID: 84947712691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00314     Document Type: Article

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