Bifurcation analysis of optically induced dynamics in nematic liquid crystals: Circular polarization at normal incidence

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1671-1680

  Brasselet, E ^a   Galstian, T V ^a   Dube L J ^a,c   Krimer, Dmitry O ^b   Kramer, Lorenz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRSYTAL FILMS; OPTICALLY INDUCED DYNAMICS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 24144500338     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.001671     Document Type: Article

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