Liquid Crystal Materials in THz Technologies

Authors

  • Urszula Chodorow Military University of Technology
  • Janusz Parka Military University of Technology
  • Olga Chojnowska Military University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v4i3.338

Abstract

In this paper results of measurements of three liquid crystal mixtures at THz frequency range are presented. The influence of various components for the optical properties like refractive indices and absorption from 0.3 to 3.0THz of nematic liquid crystal mixtures are shown. Chosen applications of liquid crystals in THz range have been described.

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Author Biography

Urszula Chodorow, Military University of Technology

Faculty of Physics,

Optics Division

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Published

2012-09-28

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U. Chodorow, J. Parka, and O. Chojnowska, “Liquid Crystal Materials in THz Technologies”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 4, no. 3, pp. pp. 112–114, Sep. 2012.

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