A SIMULATION OF REORIENTATION DRIVEN PATTERN-FORMATION IN A NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL WITH A SINGLE FEEDBACK MIRROR

Authors
BENNETT L KILIAN A MACDONALD R
Citation
L. Bennett et al., A SIMULATION OF REORIENTATION DRIVEN PATTERN-FORMATION IN A NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL WITH A SINGLE FEEDBACK MIRROR, Optics communications, 125(4-6), 1996, pp. 250-256
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
125
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
250 - 256
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1996)125:4-6<250:ASORDP>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Spontaneous pattern formation in a nematic liquid crystal for the sing le feedback mirror arrangement is simulated expicitly taking into acco unt reorientational dynamics using a discrete form of the Eriksen-Lesl ie Equation. The light propagation is calculated within the framework of Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction theory. A rich diversity of dynamic behaviour is found and compared with experimental observations.