PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION - OPTICAL STORAGE EFFECT IN A DISCOTIC COLUMNAR LIQUID-CRYSTAL

Authors
FORGET S KITZEROW HS
Citation
S. Forget et Hs. Kitzerow, PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION - OPTICAL STORAGE EFFECT IN A DISCOTIC COLUMNAR LIQUID-CRYSTAL, Liquid crystals, 23(6), 1997, pp. 919-922
Citations number
20
Journal title
Liquid crystals → ACNP
ISSN journal
02678292
Volume
23
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
919 - 922
Database
ISI
SICI code
0267-8292(1997)23:6<919:PC-OSE>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Exposing a uniformly aligned discotic columnar liquid crystal to an ar gon ion laser beam results in a reorientation, thereby changing the op tical properties of the liquid crystal. We have studied this new optic al storage effect for a polymer dispersed metallomesogenic compound wh ich exhibits a columnar phase at room temperature. The writing energy is approximate to 3.5 J cm(-2). The stored information can be erased b y heating and subsequent shearing of the sample.