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