Ordering of a.c. electric-field-induced domains in dye-doped nematics under photoexcitation

Autor: Svetlana V. Serak, Janusz Parka, Tatiana A. Davidovich, A. V. Agashkov
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: SPIE Proceedings.
ISSN: 0277-786X
DOI: 10.1117/12.428332
Popis: Electrohydrodynamic instabilities arising with a.c. electric field applied to planar-oriented cells filled with anthraquinone dye-doped multicomponent nematic mixture have been studied by diffraction methods. It has been found that c.w. He-Ne laser radiation of small power (~1 mW) exerts ordering effect on the LC layer domain structure. The ordered structure can persist in the presence of the same a.c. electric field for a few tens of minutes. The size of periodic optical irregularity has been calculated.
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