• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 22, Issue 3, 033801 (2024)
Xia Meng1, Ping Jin1, Shijun Ge2, Jiao Liu1..., Bingxiang Li1,*, Lei Wang1,2,3,** and Yanqing Lu2|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 2National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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    Xia Meng, Ping Jin, Shijun Ge, Jiao Liu, Bingxiang Li, Lei Wang, Yanqing Lu, "Microstructured fluorescence in liquid crystals with femtosecond laser excitation," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 033801 (2024) Copy Citation Text show less
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    Xia Meng, Ping Jin, Shijun Ge, Jiao Liu, Bingxiang Li, Lei Wang, Yanqing Lu, "Microstructured fluorescence in liquid crystals with femtosecond laser excitation," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 033801 (2024)
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