Lensing effects in a nematic liquid crystal with topological defects

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-178

  Satiro C ^a   Moraes, F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC LENSES;

COSMIC STRINGS; EFFECTIVE GEOMETRY; GLOBAL MONOPOLES;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; ELASTICITY; GRAVITY; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MATERIALS TESTING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; ELASTICITY; GRAVITATION; LENSES; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MATERIALS TESTING;

EID: 33745625339     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2005-10127-2     Document Type: Article

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