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Liquid Crystals Volume 43, 2016 - Issue 13-15: Special issue to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the journal
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Invited Article

Beam shaping via photopatterned liquid crystals

Peng ChenNational Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaView further author information
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Yan-Qing LuNational Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaView further author information
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Wei HuNational Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 2051-2061 | Received 20 Apr 2016, Published online: 02 Jun 2016

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