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  2. Unipolar Electro-Optic Effect in a Nematic Cell
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Abstract

We report on a unipolar electro-optic effect in a nematic liquid crystal cell. The cell placed between two polarizers behaves as an "optical diode:" only one polarity of the applied voltage makes the cell transparent. The phenomenon is caused by a double symmetry breaking at the two plates that bound the nematic slab.
Format
Article
Identifier(s)
10.1103/PhysRevE.57.R36
Publication Date
1998-01-01
Publication Title
Physical Review E
Volume
57
Issue
1
First Page
R36
Last Page
R38
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Community
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
Comments

Copyright 1998 American Physical Society. Available on publisher's site at http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.57.R36
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Nazarenko, V., Klouda, R., & Lavrentovich, O. (1998). Unipolar Electro-Optic Effect in a Nematic Cell. Physical Review E. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.57.R36
Nazarenko, V., R. Klouda, and Oleg Lavrentovich. 1998. “Unipolar Electro-Optic Effect in a Nematic Cell”. Physical Review E. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.57.R36.
Nazarenko, V., R. Klouda, and O. Lavrentovich. Unipolar Electro-Optic Effect in a Nematic Cell. Physical Review E, 1 Jan. 1998, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.57.R36.