Characteristics of photothermal effects in guest-host liquid crystals by heat-conduction analysis

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2195-2201

  Ono, Hiroshi ^a   Harato, Yoshiro ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000140787     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.002195     Document Type: Article

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