Thermo-Optical Generation of Particle-Like Structures in Frustrated Chiral Nematic Film

Thermo-Optical Generation of Particle-Like Structures in Frustrated Chiral Nematic Film

The creation of metastable particle-like structures in frustrated (unwound) chiral nematic film containing light-absorbing additive is studied. It is shown that such localized structures can be generated by the thermo-optical action of a focused laser beam or arise spontaneously at a phase transitio...

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Main Authors: Sergey Shvetsov, Tetiana Orlova, Alexander V. Emelyanenko, Alexander Zolot’ko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Series:Crystals
Subjects:
chiral nematic liquid crystal
azobenzene dye
light-matter interaction
phase transition
particle-like structure
optical memory
nonlinear optics
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/9/11/574

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