Generalized transmission ellipsometry for twisted biaxial dielectric media: Application to chiral liquid crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1930-1940

  Schubert, Mathias ^a   Rheinländer, Bernd ^a   Cramer, Christiane ^a   Schmiedel, Herbert ^a   Woollam, John A ^b   Herzinger, Craig M ^c   Johs, Blaine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c J A WOOLLAM CO INC   (United States)

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EID: 0001350168     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.001930     Document Type: Article

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