Polarization properties of inversely twisted nematic liquid-crystal gratings

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 28, 1998, Pages 6755-6763

  He, Zhan ^a,b   Sato, Susumu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Reveo Inc   (United States)

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EID: 1642532037     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.006755     Document Type: Article

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