PERTURBATIONAL SOLUTION FOR PROPAGATION IN PERIODICALLY BENT NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS AND THIN-FILMS

Authors
LAKHTAKIA A WEIGLHOFER WS
Citation
A. Lakhtakia et Ws. Weiglhofer, PERTURBATIONAL SOLUTION FOR PROPAGATION IN PERIODICALLY BENT NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS AND THIN-FILMS, Microwave and optical technology letters, 11(6), 1996, pp. 320-323
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Microwave and optical technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
08952477
Volume
11
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
320 - 323
Database
ISI
SICI code
0895-2477(1996)11:6<320:PSFPIP>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The Maxwell curl postulates have been analyzed for propagation in the vertical microstructurally significant plane of a periodically bent ne matic (PBN) medium. The ordinary modes are unaffected by the anisotrop y and the periodic inhomogeneity of the PBN medium, but the extraordin ary modes are. Simple expressions, applicable for small anistropy para meters, have been found. (C) 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.