Light-induced dynamics in nematic liquid crystals-a fascinating world of complex nonlinear phenomena

Physics Reports

Volumn 448, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 133-162

  Demeter, Gábor ^a   Krimer, Dmitry O ^b  

^a WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nematic liquid crystals; Nonlinear dynamics; Optical Fr edericksz transition; Optical instabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347325183     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2007.02.015     Document Type: Review

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