High Birefringence Liquid Crystals for Laser Beam Steering

Abstract

High birefringence and low viscosity liquid crystals are crucial for improving the response time of an agile laser beam steering device. Nematic liquid crystals with birefringence greater than 0.4, low absorption and good photo and thermal stability are investigated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 23, 2001
Accession Number
ADP011190

Entities

People

  • Shin-Tson Wu

Organizations

  • HRL Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Absorption Spectra
  • Alkynes
  • Beam Steering
  • Birefringence
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Light Scattering
  • Liquid Crystals
  • Materials
  • Melting Point
  • Phase Transformations
  • Physical Properties
  • Scattering
  • Thermal Stability
  • Transition Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy