| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 60, Number 1, October 2002
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 79 - 85 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2002-00321-x | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Surfactant enhanced reorientation in dye-doped nematic liquid crystals
1
Institut Non Linéaire de Nice, UMR 6618 CNRS-UNSA
1361 Route des Lucioles, F-06560 Valbonne, Sophia Antipolis, France
2
Yerevan State University - 1 Manoogian Street, 375049 Yerevan,
Armenia
Received:
13
May
2002
Accepted:
12
July
2002
We show that a large nonlinearity in dye-doped liquid crystals is
obtained for extremely low input light intensity, of the order of a
few tens of 
and that it is mediated by the action of
the photo-induced voltage on the specific surface coupling agent.
PACS: 61.30.Hn – Surface phenomena: alignment, anchoring, anchoring transitions, surface-induced layering, surface-induced ordering, wetting, prewetting transitions, and wetting transitions / 61.30.Gd – Orientational order of liquid crystals; electric and magnetic field effects on order / 42.70.Jk – Polymers and organics
© EDP Sciences, 2002
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