Photoinduced liquid crystal alignment based on a surface relief grating in an assembled cell

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 25, 1999, Pages 3791-3793

  Li, Xiang Tong ^a   Natansohn, Almeria ^a   Rochon, Paul ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0000924789     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.124181     Document Type: Article

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