CATASTROPHES AND NONLINEAR DYNAMICS IN THE STANDARD GEOMETRY OF OPTICALLY INDUCED REORIENTATION OF NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS

Authors
CIPPARRONE G DUCA D TABIRYAN NV
Citation
G. Cipparrone et al., CATASTROPHES AND NONLINEAR DYNAMICS IN THE STANDARD GEOMETRY OF OPTICALLY INDUCED REORIENTATION OF NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS, Optics communications, 140(4-6), 1997, pp. 266-272
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
140
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
266 - 272
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1997)140:4-6<266:CANDIT>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Discontinuities and hysteresis have been observed when controlling the orientation state of a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) with a single las er beam in standard geometry: the light beam of extraordinary polariza tion interacts with a homogeneously oriented NLC. In a certain range o f control parameters (light intensity and incidence angle), the system exhibits a new phenomenon of nonlinear dynamics. (C) 1997 Elsevier Sc ience B.V.