Optically induced dynamics in nematic liquid crystals: The role of twist deformation and asymmetry

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

Volumn 67, Issue 3 1, 2003, Pages

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

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHOTONIQUE QUANTIQUE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Photintech Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY;

LIGHT INDUCED MOLECULAR REORIENTATION MODES; THREE DIMENSIONAL DYNAMICS; TWIST DEFORMATION;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 42749107295     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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