Light-induced rotation of dye-doped liquid crystal droplets

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Manzo, C ^a,b   Paparo, D ^a,b   Marrucci, L ^a,b   Janossy I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYES; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; POLARIZATION;

DYE ABSORPTION BAND; OPTICAL TORQUE; PHOTOINDUCED DYE EFFECTS; POLARIZED LASER LIGHT;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33646854026     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.051707     Document Type: Article

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