Light-induced orientational effects in periodic photonic structures with pure and dye-doped nematic liquid crystal defects
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Andrey E. Miroshnichenko, Etienne Brasselet, and Yuri S. Kivshar Nonlinear Physics Centre and Centre for Ultra-high bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Centre de Physique Optique Moléculaire et Hertzienne, Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, 351 Cours de la Libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France Received 22 June 2008; published 19 November 2008
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