Laser-induced diffraction rings from a nematicliquid-crystal film

Optics Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1981, Pages 411-413

  Durbin, S D ^a   Arakelian, S M ^a   Shen, Y R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84975594906     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.6.000411     Document Type: Article

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