Propagation of a Gaussian-profile laser beam in nematic liquid crystals and the structure of its nonlinear diffraction rings
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Vol. 7 (6) , 1147-1157
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.7.001147
Abstract
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