The realization of a geometric phase optical device operating over a broad spectral range is
usually confronted with intrinsic limitations depending on the physical process at play. Here …

We present a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) smart window with both passive and active
control mechanisms, capable of reversible thermo-optical switching from high-transmission …

We study an air–crown glass planar interface that includes a thin layer of a cholesteric liquid
crystal doped with silver spheres of nanometer size. We propose a new theoretical model for …

We study diffusing particles in a confined liquid whose diffusion coefficient periodically
varies across the sample. The limiting substrates may adsorb-desorb particles when …

Graded pitch profiles are found in structurally chiral materials like cholesteric liquid crystals
(CLC) and in the cuticle of some scarab beetles. In most cases, the pitch profile is …

We have experimentally investigated lasing peculiarities in a cholesteric liquid crystal–dye-
doped polymer layer–cholesteric liquid crystal three-layer wedge-cell system with different …

Spectral properties of the three-layered wedge-cell system of two identical cholesteric layers
with an isotropic defect (dye-doped polymer layer) between them were investigated …

This chapter deals with illustrative problems involving anomalous diffusion behavior in
connection with adsorption phenomena at the interface between a solid and a fluid phase …