Planar photonic crystals infiltrated with liquid crystals:: optical characterization of molecule orientation

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作者
Ferrini, R [1 ]
Martz, J
Zuppiroli, L
Wild, B
Zabelin, V
Dunbar, LA
Houdré, R
Mulot, M
Anand, S
机构
[1] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Lab Optoelect Mat Mol, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
[2] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Inst Photon & Elect Quant, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
[3] Royal Inst Technol, Dept Microelect & Informat Technol, S-16440 Kista, Sweden
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10.1364/OL.31.001238
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Nematic liquid crystals are infiltrated into InP-based planar photonic crystals. Optical measurements as a function of temperature and polarization are used to study the average director field configuration in the nanometer-size holes: a planar equilibrium state is found. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.
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