Surface-activated photorefractivity and electro-optic phenomena in liquid crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1912-1917

  Tabiryan, Nelson V ^a,c   Umeton, Cesare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c BEAM ENGINEERING FOR ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS CO   (United States)

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EID: 0032378589     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.001912     Document Type: Article

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