OPTICALLY INDUCED CHAOTIC BEHAVIOR IN NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL FILMS

Authors
CIPPARRONE G CARBONE V VERSACE C UMETON C BARTOLINO R SIMONI F
Citation
G. Cipparrone et al., OPTICALLY INDUCED CHAOTIC BEHAVIOR IN NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL FILMS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 47(5), 1993, pp. 3741-3744
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
47
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3741 - 3744
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1993)47:5<3741:OICBIN>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
In this paper we report the dynamical behavior occurring in a nematic liquid-crystal film during the optically induced molecular reorientati on. The system at first undergoes an incomplete period-doubling cascad e, then a biperiodic regime appears, and finally a transition to a cha otic regime occurs. This sequence is experimental evidence of a physic al system that mixes two different routes for the transition to a chao tic regime.