Laser induced rotation of trapped chiral and achiral nematic droplets

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 395-399

  Mosallaeipour, Marjan ^a,b   Hatwalne, Yashodhan ^b   Madhusudana, N V ^b   Ananthamurthy, Sharath ^a  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chiral drops; Laser trapping; Nematic drops; Optically induced rotation

Indexed keywords

BEST FIT; CIRCULAR POLARIZED; INTERNAL DISSIPATION; LASER INDUCED; LASER TRAPPING; LINEARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; NEMATIC DROPLETS; NEMATIC DROPS; NEMATIC LIQUIDS; OPTICALLY INDUCED ROTATION; ROTATIONAL FREQUENCY;

GLYCEROL; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; ROTATION;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 77951753086     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500341003672064     Document Type: Article

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