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Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 6, 630(2018)

Electric field tunable strong transverse light current from nanoparticles embedded in liquid crystal

Jinhua Li and Xiangdong Zhang^*

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Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics & Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

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Paper Information

Category: Resonators

Received: Mar. 8, 2018

Accepted: Apr. 5, 2018

Published Online: Jul. 2, 2018

The Author Email: Xiangdong Zhang (zhangxd@bit.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000630

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