Liquid-crystal luminaire consisting of an optical shutter and a metal halide lamp

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2570-2578

  Takizawa, Kuniharu ^a   Fujii, Takanori ^a   Fujikake, Hideo ^a   Hirabayashi, Tsunehiro ^a,b   Tanaka, Yoshiaki ^a,c   Hara, Kohji ^d   Takano, Satoshi ^d   Asakawa, Hisashi ^e   Kita, Hiroshi ^e  

^a NHK SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

^b The Broadcast Engineering Department   (Japan)

^c Transmission and Reception Engineering Center   (Japan)

^d SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^e Marumo Electric Co Ltd   (Japan)

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EID: 0041731503     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.002570     Document Type: Article

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