Optical characterization of the director field in a distorted nematic layer

Journal de Physique III

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2459-2474

  Plaut, Emmanuel ^a   Joets, Alain ^a   Ribotta, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

DIRECTOR FIELDS; OPTICAL METHODS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0031383794     PISSN: 11554320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/jp3:1997105     Document Type: Article

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