title: Planar photonic crystals infiltrated with liquid crystals: optical characterization of molecule orientation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Optoélectronique des Matériaux Moléculaires, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale, Switzerland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferrini
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zuppiroli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wild
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zabelin
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Dunbar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Houdré
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mulot
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anand