Optical Technique, Volume. 49, Issue 5, 558(2023)

Birefringence effect of liquid crystals induced by terahertz field

YANG Xueting, SUN Wenfeng, WANG Xinke, YE Jiasheng, FENG Shengfei, HAN Peng, and ZHANG Yan
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    YANG Xueting, SUN Wenfeng, WANG Xinke, YE Jiasheng, FENG Shengfei, HAN Peng, ZHANG Yan. Birefringence effect of liquid crystals induced by terahertz field[J]. Optical Technique, 2023, 49(5): 558

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