Transmission polarized optical microscopy of short-pitch cholesteric liquid crystal shells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9769, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Geng, Yong ^a   Noh, Junghyun ^a   Lagerwall, Jan P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

birefringence; Cholesteric liquid crystals; helical structures; optical rotation; spherical shells

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DROPS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL ROTATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; HELICAL STRUCTURES; MONODISPERSE DROPLETS; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SPHERICAL SHELL;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 84971320704     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2216132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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