Dynamic Gratings and the Associated Self Diffractions and Wavefront Conjugation Processes in Nematic Liquid Crystals

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1986, Pages 1268-1275

  Khoo, Iam Choon ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0011712864     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.1986.1073100     Document Type: Article

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