Probing Liquid Crystals with Nonlinear Optical Processes
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 143 (1) , 1-6
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15421408708084604
Abstract
Nonlinear optical effects provide some unique opportunities to study certain properties and structures of liquid crystal system. Examples are presented here to illustrate the potential of such studies.Keywords
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