Review Of The Infrared Properties Of Liquid Crystals

Shin-Tson Wu

doi:10.1117/12.949838

4 March 1986 Review Of The Infrared Properties Of Liquid Crystals

Shin-Tson Wu

Proceedings Volume 0567, Advances in Materials for Active Optics; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949838
Event: 29th Annual Technical Symposium, 1985, San Diego, United States

Abstract

The recently developed microscopic theory of liquid crystal birefringence is reviewed. New physical insights into the origins of the visible and infrared birefringence of liquid crystals are obtained. Guidelines for selecting or synthesizing highly birefringent liquid crystal materials are established. Novel applications of liquid crystals in the infrared regions are foreseeable. In addition, mechanisms which limit the high power laser applications of liquid crystals are briefly discussed.

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Shin-Tson Wu "Review Of The Infrared Properties Of Liquid Crystals", Proc. SPIE 0567, Advances in Materials for Active Optics, (4 March 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949838

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