Black plastic sandwiches demonstrating biaxial optical anisotropy

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Berry, Michael ^a   Bhandari, Rajendra ^b   Klein, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 0002106287     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/20/1/001     Document Type: Article

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