Measurement of the giant nonlinear response of dye-doped liquid crystals

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 425-432

  McConville, Sandra ^a   Laurent, David ^a   Guarino, Alessio ^b   Residori, Stefania ^a  

^a INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

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EID: 20044394411     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1858445     Document Type: Article

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