Demonstration of patterned polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal textures for anti-counterfeiting two-dimensional barcodes

Applied Optics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 601-606

  Li, Wen Song ^a   Shen, Yuan ^a   Chen, Zhi Jie ^a   Cui, Qian ^a   Li, Sen Sen ^a   Chen, Lu Jian ^a,b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAR CODES; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; POLARIZATION;

ANTI-COUNTERFEITING; APPLIED VOLTAGES; DIFFRACTION CHARACTERISTICS; DIFFRACTIVE ELEMENT; POLYMER STABILIZED; POLYMER-STABILIZED CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMERIZATION METHOD; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

MOBILE DEVICES;

EID: 85010203641     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.56.000601     Document Type: Article

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