Oblique propagation in a cholesteric liquid crystal: 4 × 4 matrix perturbational solution

Optik (Jena)

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 111-114

  Weiglhofer, W S ^a   Lakhtakia, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERMITTIVITY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; VECTORS;

ANISOTROPY PARAMETER; CLOSED FORM METHOD; MATRIX PERTURBATIONAL SOLUTION; OBLIQUE PROPAGATION;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030143325     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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