Variations of the helix in thin planar cholesteric layers influenced by surface anchoring

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6023, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Belyakov, V A ^a   Semenov, S V ^b  

^a LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cholesterics; Pitch jumps in the field; Surface anchoring

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHOLESTERICS; PITCH JUMPS IN THE FIELD; SURFACE ANCHORING;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33645012833     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.648172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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