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Title: | The effects of a laser field on phase transitions in liquid crystals |
Authors: | Agarwal, Amit K. Ranganath, G.S. |
Keywords: | Phase transitions Liquid crystals Laser absorption |
Issue Date: | Apr-2006 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Citation: | Phase Transitions, 2006, Vol.79, p261-275 |
Abstract: | We investigate theoretically some phase transitions in liquid crystals in the presence of a laser beam. We found, in non-absorbing nematics, a laser-induced one-way transition from a paranematic to a nematic phase. In absorbing nematics we found, in addition to this transition, a one-way transition from a nematic to a paranematic phase with increasing laser intensity. Further, we found a reentrant nematic or a reentrant paranematic via paranematic or nematic phase respectively. In the case of smectic A, laser absorption results in a coupling between the positional and orientational orders. As a result, the smectic A to nematic transition can change from second |
Description: | Restricted Access. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1669 |
ISSN: | 0141-1594 1029-0338 (Online) |
Alternative Location: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01411590600602156 |
Copyright: | (2006) by Taylor & Francis |
Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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