Causality and natural optical activity (chirality)

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

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 385-386

  Weiglhofer, Werner S ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

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EID: 0001607588     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.000385     Document Type: Article

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