Linear optical responses of sculptured nematic thin films (SNTFs)

Optik (Jena)

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 45-52

  Lakhtakia, A ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS;

OPTICAL RESPONSE;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0012399266     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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