LEADER 04588nam 22006374a 450 001 9910877524103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-72155-3 010 $a9786610721559 010 $a0-470-07437-X 010 $a0-470-07436-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000355017 035 $a(EBL)281836 035 $a(OCoLC)130856737 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000223211 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11185311 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223211 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10183011 035 $a(PQKB)11340204 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC281836 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000355017 100 $a20060503d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPolarized light in liquid crystals and polymers /$fToralf Scharf 210 $aHoboken, N.J. $cWiley-Interscience$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (412 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-471-74064-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPOLARIZED 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 327 $a4.6 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 327 $aReferences7 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 327 $a8.7 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 327 $a9.8 Electrically Switchable Microlenses 330 $aPolarized 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. 606 $aPolarization (Light) 606 $aLiquid crystals 606 $aPolymer liquid crystals 606 $aLight$xTransmission 615 0$aPolarization (Light) 615 0$aLiquid crystals. 615 0$aPolymer liquid crystals. 615 0$aLight$xTransmission. 676 $a535.52 700 $aScharf$b Toralf$f1967-$01758748 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910877524103321 996 $aPolarized light in liquid crystals and polymers$94202332 997 $aUNINA