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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/3948| Title: | Laser induced rotation of trapped chiral and achiral nematic droplets |
| Authors: | Mosallaeipour, Marjan Hatwalne, Yashodhan Madhusudana, N.V. Ananthamurthy, Sharath |
| Keywords: | laser trapping nematic drops chiral drops optically induced rotation |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2010 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Citation: | Journal of Modern Optics, 2010, Vol. 57, p395 |
| Abstract: | We study the response of optically trapped achiral and chiralized nematic liquid crystal droplets to linear as well as circular polarized light. We find that there is internal dissipation in rotating achiral nematic droplets trapped in glycerine. We also demonstrate that some chiralized droplets rotate under linearly polarized light. The best fit to our data on chiralized droplets indicates that rotational frequency of these droplets with radius R is approximately proportional to 1/R2, rather than to 1/R3 |
| Description: | Restricted Access. An open-access version is available at arXiv.org (one of the alternative locations) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/3948 |
| ISSN: | 1362-3044 (Online) 0950-0340 |
| Alternative Location: | http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.1204 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500341003672064 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010JMOp...57..395M |
| Copyright: | 2010 Taylor & Francis |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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