Optical control of molecular orientational dynamics in liquid crystals

Optics Communications

Volumn 186, Issue 4-6, 2000, Pages 291-302

  Brasselet, E ^a   Galstian, T V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ALL-OPTICAL CONTROL; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT-NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0034428942     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(00)01071-3     Document Type: Article

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