Photoassisted alignment and formation of polarization gratings in a ferroelectric liquid crystal

Chemical Physics

Volumn 245, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 395-405

  Saad, B ^a   Galstyan, T V ^a   Dinescu, L ^b   Lemieux, R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dielectric torque; Dynamic holography; Ferroelectric liquid crystals; Guest host systems; Hysteresis; Optical switch; Photochromic dye; Photoisomerization; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033442432     PISSN: 03010104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0104(99)00050-6     Document Type: Article

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