Optical Technique, Volume. 49, Issue 5, 558(2023)
Birefringence effect of liquid crystals induced by terahertz field
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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