Circularly polarized light generated by photoexcitation of luminophores in glassy liquid-crystal films

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6719, 1999, Pages 506-508

  Chen, S H ^a,b,c   Katsis, D ^a,b   Schmid, A W ^c   Mastrangelo, J C ^a   Tsutsui, T ^d   Blanton, T N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Kyushu University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033545327     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/17343     Document Type: Article

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