Optical characterization of liquid crystals by means of half-leaky guided modes

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 858-866

  Yang, Fuzi ^a   Sambles, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84927467959     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.10.000858     Document Type: Article

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