@inproceedings{fdc0ccf7b68d461a89b5df7af2ea45c9,
title = "Calculation of confocal microscope images of cholesteric blue phases",
abstract = "Real-space images of bulk cholesteric blue phases (BPs) have been successfully obtained by confocal microscopy observations using structural color without doping fluorescent dye. However, theoretical interpretation of these images (for example, the understanding of the relation between intensity distribution and the ordering of BPs) remains challenging because typical lattice spacing of BPs is of the order of the wavelength of visible light, and therefore geometrical optics is entirely useless. In this work, we present a numerical approach to calculate the confocal images of BPs by solving the Maxwell equations. Calculated confocal images are consistent with experimental observations in terms of in-plane symmetry.",
author = "Fukuda, {Jun Ichi} and Yasushi Okumura and Hirotsugu Kikuchi",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 SPIE.; Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XI ; Conference date: 16-02-2016 Through 17-02-2016",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1117/12.2209210",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Tabiryan, {Nelson V.} and Hirotsugu Kikuchi and Broer, {Dick J.} and Liang-Chy Chien",
booktitle = "Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XI",
address = "United States",
}