Optical control of isothermal phase transitions in nematic liquid crystals: Strong excitation regime

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 246, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 367-373

  Brasselet, E ^a   Galstian, G ^a,b   Galstyan, T V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric torque; Light angular momentum; Liquid crystal; Molecular reorientation; Optical control; Orientational nonlinearity; Phase transition; Polarization; Self modulation

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODULATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLARIZATION;

DIELECTRIC TORQUE; MOLECULAR REORIENTATION; OPTICAL CONTROL; ORIENTATIONAL NONLINEARITIES; SELF MODULATION;

ISOTHERMS;

EID: 0041544153     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00513-1     Document Type: Article

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