Laser-induced instabilities in liquid crystal cells with a photosensitive substrate

Jánossy, István and Fodor-Csorba, Katalin and Vajda, Anikó and Tóth Katona, Tibor (2014) Laser-induced instabilities in liquid crystal cells with a photosensitive substrate. PHYSICAL REVIEW E - STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS (2001-2015), 89 (1). ISSN 1539-3755

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Abstract

Liquid crystal layers sandwiched between a reference plate and a photosensitive substrate were investigated. We focused on the reverse geometry, where the cell was illuminated by a laser beam from the reference side. In planar cells both static and dynamic instabilities occurred, depending on the angle between the laser polarization and the director orientation on the reference plate. In cells where the molecules were aligned along the normal of the reference plate, a dynamic pattern was observed at all angles of polarization. A simple model based on a photoinduced surface torque accounts for the findings. Light scattering studies revealed some basic properties of the instabilities.

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