• 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
Author Affiliations
  • 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[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2024, 22(3): 033801 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[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2024, 22(3): 033801
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