Optical properties of stacked liquid crystal superstructures with opposite chirality [Invited]

Lin Zhu; Yiheng Zhang; Shijun Ge; Peng Chen; Yanqing Lu

doi:10.3788/COL202422.061601

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 6, 061601(2024)

Optical properties of stacked liquid crystal superstructures with opposite chirality [Invited] Editors' Pick

Lin Zhu, Yiheng Zhang, Shijun Ge, Peng Chen^*, and Yanqing Lu

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China

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Paper Information

Category: Optical Materials

Received: Jan. 17, 2024

Accepted: Feb. 24, 2024

Published Online: Jun. 24, 2024

The Author Email: Peng Chen (chenpeng@nju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.061601

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.061601

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