Fast optical switching by a laser-manipulated microdroplet of liquid crystal

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3627-3629

  Juodkazis, Saulius ^a   Shikata, Masaya ^a   Takahashi, Toshimasa ^a   Matsuo, Shigeki ^a   Misawa, Hiroaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

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EID: 0001113408     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123203     Document Type: Article

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