Modelling of the reflection of cholesteric liquid crystals using the Jones matrix

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 672-676

  Yang, Deng Ke ^a   Mi, Xiang Dong ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REFLECTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

JONES MATRICES;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0033875661     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/33/6/313     Document Type: Article

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