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Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 366, Issue , 2001, Pages 413-420

  Scharf, Toralf ^a   Cottier, Kaspar ^a   Dändliker, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffraction limited; Liquid crystal; Microlens; Variable focal length

Indexed keywords

EID: 9344223243     PISSN: 1058725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10587250108023984     Document Type: Article

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