Optically induced dynamics in nematic liquid crystals: The role of finite beam size

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

Volumn 69, Issue 2 1, 2004, Pages

  Brasselet, E ^a   Doyon, B ^b   Galstian, T V ^b,d,e   Dube L J ^b,c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHOTONIQUE QUANTIQUE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

^e Photintech Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FUNCTIONS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NOISE ABATEMENT; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTODETECTORS; VECTORS;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LASER BEAMS; MOLECULAR REORIENTATION; OPTICALLY INDUCED DYNAMICS; WALK-OFF EFFECTS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 42749100078     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.021701     Document Type: Article

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