Quantification of the surface- and bulk-order parameters of a homogeneously aligned nematic liquid crystal using fully leaky guided modes

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 6682-6689

  Hallam, B T ^a   Brown, C V ^b   Sambles, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000843372     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.371744     Document Type: Article

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