Polarized light in liquid crystals and polymers deals with the linear optics of birefringent materials such as liquid crystals and polymers and surveys light propagation in such media with special attention to applications it is unique in treating light propagation in micro and nanostructured birefringent optical elements such as lenses and gratings composed of birefringent materials as well as the spatial varying anisotropic structures often found in miniaturized liquid crystal devices. Polarized light in liquid crystals and polymers by toralf scharf p cm includes biblioghraphical references and index isbn 13 978 0 471 74064 3 isbn 10 0 471 74064 0 1 polarization light 2 liquid crystals 3 liquid crystal polymers 4 light transmission i title qc441s33 2007 53552 dc22 2006042964 printed in the united . When light propagates through anisotropic media such as liquid crystals it will be divided into two rays which travel through the material at different velocities and therefore have different. Polarized light in liquid crystals and polymers deals with the linear optics of birefringent materials such as liquid crystals and polymers and surveys light propagation in such media with special attention to applications it is unique in treating light propagation in micro and nanostructured birefringent optical elements such as lenses and . Polarized light in liquid crystals and polymers deals with the linear optics of birefringent materials such as liquid crystals and polymers and surveys light propagation in such media with