Determination of the direction of the "easy" axis at a twisted nematic liquid crystal-wall using half-leaky guided modes

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 4553-4557

  Yang, F Z ^a   Cheng, H F ^a   Gao, H J ^a   Sambles, J R ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0347607202     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1311812     Document Type: Article

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