Photorefractive effect due to a photoinduced surface-charge modulation in undoped liquid crystals

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

Volumn 69, Issue 6 1, 2004, Pages

  Pagliusi, P ^a   Cipparrone, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOMETRY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS;

DIELECTRIC INTERACTION; GRATING VECTOR; PUMP BEAMS; SURFACE-CHARGE MODULATION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 37649028611     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.061708     Document Type: Article

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