Affiliation:
1. Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1525 Budapest, P.O.B. 49, Hungary
Abstract
The light-induced reorientation of nematic liquid crystals is discussed with special emphasis on the effect of dye-dopants. A molecular model is presented which accounts for the large increase of the optical torque, observed in absorbing nematics. An analogous process is described for dye-doped isotropic liquids and the role of photoisomerization is considered as well.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Subject
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous),Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
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51 articles.
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