Light-induced multistability and Freedericksz transition in nematic liquid crystals

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dc.creatorMiroshnichenko, Andrey E.
dc.creatorPinkevych, Igor
dc.creatorKivshar, Yuri S.
dc.date2006-04-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:11:40Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:11:40Z
dc.descriptionWe study light transmission through a homeotropically oriented nematic liquid crystal cell and solve self-consistently a nonlinear equation for the nematic director coupled to Maxwell's equations. We demonstrate that above a certain threshold of the input light intensity, the liquid-crystal cell changes abruptly its optical properties due to the light-induced Freedericksz transition, demonstrating multistable hysteresis-like dependencies in the transmission. We suggest that these properties can be employed for tunable all-optical switching photonic devices based on liquid crystals.
dc.description7 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. E
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0604162
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0604162
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/111839
dc.subjectOptics
dc.titleLight-induced multistability and Freedericksz transition in nematic liquid crystals
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