1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143415303321

Autore

Scharf Toralf <1967->

Titolo

Polarized light in liquid crystals and polymers [[electronic resource] /] / Toralf Scharf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2007

ISBN

1-280-72155-3

9786610721559

0-470-07437-X

0-470-07436-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Disciplina

530.429

535.52

Soggetti

Polarization (Light)

Liquid crystals

Polymer liquid crystals

Light - Transmission

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

POLARIZED LIGHT IN LIQUID CRYSTALS AND POLYMERS; CONTENTS; Preface; 1 Polarized Light; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Concept of Light Polarization; 1.3 Description of The State of Polarization; 1.4 The Stokes Concept; 1.5 The Jones Concept; 1.6 Coherence and Polarized Light; References; 2 Electromagnetic Waves in Anisotropic Materials; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Analytical Background; 2.3 Time Harmonic Fields and Plane Waves; 2.4 Maxwell's Equations in Matrix Representation; 2.5 Separation of Polarizations for Inhomogeneous Problems; 2.6 Separation of Polarizations for Anisotropic Problems

4.6 Reflection and TransmissionReferences; 5 Space-Grid Time-Domain Techniques; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Description of the FDTD Method; 5.3 Implementation and Boundary Conditions; 5.4 Rigorous Optics for Liquid Crystals; References; 6 Organic Optical Materials; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Polymers for Optics; 6.3 Physical Properties of Polymers; 6.4 Optical Properties of Polymers; 6.5 Liquid Crystal Phases;



6.6 Liquid Crystal Polymers; 6.7 Birefringence in Isotropic Materials; 6.8 Form Birefringence; 6.9 Order-Induced Birefringence; 6.10 Optical Properties of Liquid Crystals and Oriented Polymers

References7 Practical Polarization Optics with the Microscope; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Microscope Characteristics; 7.3 Polarization Microscope; 7.4 Polarizers; 7.5 Polarization Colors; 7.6 Compensation and Retardation Measurement; 7.7 Conoscopy; 7.8 Local Polarization Mapping; References; 8 Optics of Liquid Crystal Textures; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Calculation of Liquid Crystal Director Distributions; 8.3 Optical Properties of Uniform Textures; 8.4 Optical Properties of Liquid Crystal Defects; 8.5 Surface Line Defects in Nematics; 8.6 Defects in Smectic Phases

8.7 Confined Nematic Liquid Crystals8.8 Instabilities in Liquid Crystals; 8.9 Deformation of Liquid Crystal Directors by Fringing Fields; 8.10 Resolution Limit of Switchable Liquid Crystal Devices; 8.11 Switching in Layered Phases; References; 9 Refractive Birefringent Optics; 9.1 Birefringent Optical Elements; 9.2 Fabrication of Refractive Components; 9.3 Optical Properties of Modified Birefringent Components; 9.4 Liquid Crystal Phase Shifters; 9.5 Modal Control Elements; 9.6 Interferometers Based on Polarization Splitting; 9.7 Birefringent Microlenses

9.8 Electrically Switchable Microlenses

Sommario/riassunto

Polarized Light in Liquid Crystals and Polymers deals with the linear optics of birefringent materials, such as liquid crystals and polymers, and surveys light propagation in such media with special attention to applications. It is unique in treating light propagation in micro- and nanostructured birefringent optical elements, such as lenses and gratings composed of birefringent materials, as well as the spatial varying anisotropic structures often found in miniaturized liquid crystal devices.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777539903321

Autore

Jost Timothy S

Titolo

Disentitlement? [[electronic resource] ] : the threats facing our public health-care programs and a rights-based response / / Timothy Stoltzfus Jost

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2003

ISBN

0-19-773753-6

1-280-48233-8

9786610482337

0-19-974905-1

1-4237-4585-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Disciplina

368.4/2/00973

Soggetti

Medicare - Law and legislation

Medicaid - Law and legislation

Entitlement spending

Health insurance - Law and legislation

Health care reform

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910400559903321

Titolo

Giornale storico della letteratura italiana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino, : Loescher, 1883-

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Italian literature - History and criticism

Littérature italienne - Histoire et critique

Literature

Italian

Romanistik

Literaturwissenschaft

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Imprint varies.