Director-polarization reorientation via solitary waves in ferroelectric liquid crystals

I. Abdulhalim; G. Moddel; N. A. Clark

doi:10.1063/1.106604

Director-polarization reorientation via solitary waves in ferroelectric liquid crystals

I. Abdulhalim, G. Moddel, N. A. Clark

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Abstract

The spatial nonuniformity of the director field in ferroelectric liquid crystals during switching is demonstrated using the electro-optic response to a bipolar field and explained by director solitary wave motion.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	551-553
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	60
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.106604
State	Published - 3 Feb 1992
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Electro-optics
Liquid crystals
Surface waves

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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