Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 12, 1231003(2014)

Determination of the Flexoelectric Coefficient in Liquid Crystal Using Fully-leaky Optical Guided Wave Technique

ZHENG Gui-li1...2,3,*, ZHANG Hui3, YE Wen-jiang3, ZHANG Zhi-dong3, SONG Hong-wei4 and XUAN Li1 |Show fewer author(s)
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    ZHENG Gui-li, ZHANG Hui, YE Wen-jiang, ZHANG Zhi-dong, SONG Hong-wei, XUAN Li. Determination of the Flexoelectric Coefficient in Liquid Crystal Using Fully-leaky Optical Guided Wave Technique[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2014, 43(12): 1231003

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    Received: May. 16, 2014

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    Published Online: Dec. 26, 2014

    The Author Email: Gui-li ZHENG (guili0919@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20144312.1231003

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