Optical reorientation in dye-doped liquid crystals

被引:50
作者
Jánossy, I [1 ]
机构
[1] Hungarian Acad Sci, Solid State Phys & Opt Res Inst, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary
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JOURNAL OF NONLINEAR OPTICAL PHYSICS & MATERIALS | 1999年 / 8卷 / 03期
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10.1142/S0218863599000254
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:361 / 377
页数:17
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