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  2. Director orientation and optical stripe texture in electroclinic liquid crystals
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Abstract

We report the appearance of two types of optical stripes with different spatial wavelengths in electroclinic liquid crystals exhibiting a layer deformation. The periodicity of one set of stripes (longer wavelength) scales as twice the thickness of the cell, while the second (shorter wavelength) set of stripes has a periodicity that is independent of the thickness. Finally, detailed data on the spatially resolved optical studies of the stripe texture are presented which suggest the origin of the two types of stripe deformation and provide a possible explanation of their dependence on electric field.
Format
Article
Identifier(s)
10.1103/PhysRevE.58.5990
Scopus EID: 2-s2.0-0000167292
Publication Date
1998-11
Publication Title
Physical Review E
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Volume
58
Issue
5
First Page
5990
Last Page
5996
Subject
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Community
Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
Department of Physics
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Bartoli, F., Lindle, J., Flom, S., Shashidhar, R., Rubin, G., Selinger, J., & Ratna, B. (1998). Director orientation and optical stripe texture in electroclinic liquid crystals (1–). Physical Review E. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.58.5990
Bartoli, F., J. Lindle, S. Flom, R. Shashidhar, G. Rubin, Jonathan Selinger, and B. Ratna. 1998. “Director Orientation and Optical Stripe Texture in Electroclinic Liquid Crystals”. Physical Review E. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.58.5990.
Bartoli, F., et al. Director Orientation and Optical Stripe Texture in Electroclinic Liquid Crystals. Physical Review E, Nov. 1998, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.58.5990.