| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 63, Number 2, July 2003
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 180 - 185 | |
| Section | General | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-00518-y | |
| Published online | 01 November 2003 | |
Controlling the nonlinear dynamics during the light-induced reorientation in nematic liquid-crystal films
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università della Calabria
Ponte P. Bucci Cubo 31C, 87036 Rende (Cs), Italy and
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia, Unità di Cosenza
- Cosenza, Italy
Received:
17
January
2003
Accepted:
15
May
2003
In the present paper we investigate the possibility of controlling the nonlinear dynamics induced by the occurrence of molecular reorientation in a liquid crystal which interacts with a linearly polarized optical field at a small angle of incidence. The control is achieved through the addition of a counter-propagating orthogonally polarized beam. This beam, propagating inside the medium, changes the dynamics of the system, thus allowing us to observe a sequence of different scenarios.
PACS: 05.45.Gg – Control of chaos, applications of chaos / 42.65.-k – Nonlinear optics / 42.70.Df – Liquid crystals
© EDP Sciences, 2003
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