Observation of high gain in a liquid-crystal panel with photoconducting polymeric layers

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 29, 1998, Pages 6871-6877

  Bartkiewicz, Stanislaw ^a   Miniewicz, Andrzej ^a   Kajzar, François ^b   Zagórska, Malgorzata ^c  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 0000319617     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.006871     Document Type: Article

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