By Iam-Choon Khoo
The primary technology and newest purposes of liquid crystal applied sciences
a good specialist reference and stronger upper-level scholar textual content, Liquid Crystals , moment variation is a accomplished remedy of the entire uncomplicated ideas underlying the original actual and optical houses of liquid crystals. Written by way of an the world over recognized pioneer within the nonlinear optics of liquid crystals, the e-book additionally presents a different, in-depth dialogue of the mechanisms and theoretical rules at the back of all significant nonlinear optical phenomena happening in liquid crystals.
Fully revised and up to date with the newest advancements, this moment version covers:
- Basic physics and optical houses of liquid crystals
- Nematics, in addition to different mesophases corresponding to smectics, ferroelectrics, and cholesterics
- Fundamentals of liquid crystals for electro-optics, and reveal and non-display comparable functions
- Various theoretical and computational strategies utilized in describing optical propagation via liquid crystals and anisotropic fabrics
- Nonlinear optics of liquid crystals, together with up to date literature stories and basic discussions
dependent to persist with a traditional series of guide, from uncomplicated physics to the newest really expert optical, electro-optical, and nonlinear functions, Liquid Crystals is a textbook that grounds scholars within the basics earlier than introducing them to the most up-tp-date discoveries within the box. Written in a transparent, reader-friendly kind, it positive aspects quite a few figures, tables, and illustrations, together with very important and hard-to-find gadget and fabric parameters. precious to scholars, researchers, and people operating with liquid crystal purposes in a variety of industries, Liquid Crystals , moment variation is the main entire and up to date source on hand.
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