LASER-INDUCED NONLINEAR DYNAMICS IN A NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL FILM

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作者
SANTAMATO, E [1 ]
ABBATE, G [1 ]
MADDALENA, P [1 ]
MARRUCCI, L [1 ]
SHEN, YR [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT PHYS,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.1377
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
An elliptically polarized cw laser beam propagating in a nematic liquid-crystal film can induce molecular reorientation and lead the system through various dynamic regimes: torsional oscillations, precession, nutation with precession, and others. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:1377 / 1380
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