Analytic solutions of the normal modes and light transmission of a cholesteric liquid crystal cell

Sabrina Relaix; Mykhailo Pevnyi; Wenyi Cao; and Peter Palffy-Muhoray

doi:10.1364/PRJ.1.000058

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