Influence of the light induced molecular transformations on the helix pitch and lasing spectra of cholesteric liquid crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5507, Issue , 2004, Pages 229-234

  Ilchishin, Igor P ^a   Yaroshchuk, Oleg V ^a   Gryshchenko, Sergiy V ^a   Shaydiuk, Eugene A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Cholesteric liquid crystals; Frequency tuning; Helix pitch; Lasing spectra; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; TUNING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FREQUENCY TUNING; HELIX PITCHES; HELIX STRUCTURES; ULTRAVIOLET (UV) IRRADIATION;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 8844261235     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.569823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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