MULTIPLE TIME SCALES OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES OF LIQUID CRYSTALS FOR OPTICAL-TERAHERTZ-MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS (Invited Review)
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عنوان ژورنال: Progress In Electromagnetics Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1559-8985
DOI: 10.2528/pier14032301