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Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 5, 053301(2024)

Smart beam via electrically addressing the dye-doped and polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals

Cheng Peng, Chunting Xu^*, and Wei Hu^**

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College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China

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Paper Information

Category: Visual Optics and Displays

Received: Nov. 20, 2023

Accepted: Jan. 22, 2024

Posted: Jan. 22, 2024

Published Online: May. 20, 2024

The Author Email: Chunting Xu (xuchunting@nju.edu.cn), Wei Hu (huwei@nju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.053301

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.053301

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