Twisted Nematic Liquid-Crystal-Based Terahertz Phase Shifter using Pristine PEDOT: PSS Transparent Conducting Electrodes

For this study, we demonstrated three different types of twisted nematic (TN) liquid crystal (LC) terahertz (THz) phase shifters using pristine poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT: PSS) thin films as transparent conducting electrodes (TCEs). The transmittance of spin-coate...

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Published in:Applied sciences 2019-02, Vol.9 (4), p.761
Main Authors: Sahoo, Anup, Yang, Chan-Shan, Yen, Chun-Ling, Lin, Hung-Chun, Wang, Yu-Jen, Lin, Yi-Hsin, Wada, Osamu, Pan, Ci-Ling
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Phase shifters
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terahertz
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