Nanosecond electrooptics of nematic liquid crystals: induced orientational order and quenching of director fluctuations

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Abstract

We demonstrate a fast (1-100 ns) electrooptic response of a thermotropic nematic liquid crystal in a geometry when a strong electric field (\textgreater\ 10$^{\mathrm{8}}$~V/m) does not realign the director and influences only the orientational order and the spectrum of director fluctuations.

*The work was supported by DOE Grant \#DE-FG02-06ER 46331.

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Authors

  • Volodymyr Borshch

    • Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, 44240, OH

  • Sergij V. Shiyanovskii

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, 44240, OH

  • Oleg D. Lavrentovich

    • Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, 44240, OH
    • Kent State University
    • Liquid crystal institute and chemical physics interdisciplinary program, Kent state university, Kent, OH, USA
    • Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242