Interlaced cholesteric liquid crystal fingerprint textures via sequential UV-induced polymerstabilization

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-28

  Li, Wen Song ^a   Ma, Ling Ling ^a,b   Gong, Ling Li ^a   Li, Sen Sen ^a   Yang, Can ^a   Luo, Bin ^a   Hu, Wei ^b   Chen, Lu Jian ^a,c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION; LASER BEAMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODULATION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; POLARIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS; DIFFRACTION ORDERS; GRATING STRUCTURES; ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS; POLARIZATION STATE; POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMER STABILIZED; VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 84953376469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.6.000019     Document Type: Article

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