New laser induced spatio-temporal transition in nematics

被引：13

作者：

Brasselet, E ^{[1
]}

Doyon, B

Galstian, TV

Dubé, LJ

机构：

[1] Univ Laval, Dept Phys Genie Phys & Opt, Cite Univ, Quebec City, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada

[2] Ecole Normale Super, Lab Photon Quant & Mol, F-94235 Cachan, France

来源：

PHYSICS LETTERS A | 2002年 / 299卷 / 2-3期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0375-9601(02)00515-7

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We report the observation of a new light-induced spatio-temporal transition in homeotropically aligned nematic liquid crystals under the action of circularly polarized light. We believe that the competition ot synnnetric and asymmetric excitation modes is at the origin of this abrupt transition. A theoretical model explaining the main features of the observation is proposed. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：212 / 216

页数：5

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