MOLECULAR INTERPRETATION OF THE ABSORPTION-INDUCED OPTICAL REORIENTATION OF NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS

被引:285
作者
JANOSSY, I
机构
[1] Central Research Institute for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1525 Budapest
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 1994年 / 49卷 / 04期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevE.49.2957
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
A molecular mechanism is proposed to explain the anomalous optical reorientation observed in nematic guest-host systems. According to the model, light-induced reorientation in these systems is due to the interaction between the excited dye molecules and the nematic host. The model justifies a phenomenological description given earlier. Numerical results, based on the present model, are in agreement with the observed order of magnitude of the effect.
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页码:2957 / 2963
页数:7
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