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

R. Ferrini, J. Martz, L. Zuppiroli, B. Wild, V. Zabelin, L. A. Dunbar, R. Houdré, M. Mulot, S. Anand

Optics Letters · 2006 · 43 citations · 12 references

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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.

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