Complex refractive–index spectrum of liquid crystal in the infrared

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2366-2371

  Saito, Mitsunori ^a   Yasuda, Teruyuki ^a  

^a RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; GONIOMETERS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PRISMS;

CHEMICAL STABILITY;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 0042472776     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.002366     Document Type: Article

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