Abstract
A cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) is periodically inhomogeneous along its spirality axis. An exact analytic solution for oblique (i.e., off-axis) propagation in a CLC is presented for the first time. The solution involves only the addition and multiplication of 4 X 4 matrices, and it can be evaluated to an arbitrary degree of precision because it is expressed as a uniformly convergent series.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 245-248 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Microwave and Optical Technology Letters |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1996 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering