Fluid motion and molecular reorientation in a homeotropically orientated nematic liquid-crystal cell |
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| Authors: | K. H. Ringhofer L. B. Au L. Solymar A. Bledowski |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Fachbereich Physik der Universität, PF 4469, W-4500 Osnabrück, Fed. Rep. Germany;(2) Department of Physics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada;(3) Holography Group, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OX1 3PJ Oxford, UK;(4) Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotnikov 32/46, PL-02-668 Warsaw, Poland |
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| Abstract: | The linearized Ericksen-Leslie differential equations, which couple fluid motion and director reorientation to each other, are reduced to a set of time varying differential equations for two pulsed optical waves incident at an angle upon a homeotropically orientated liquid-crystal cell. The differential equations are solved by a numerical method. The fluid velocity and the director angle are plotted as a function of space and time. It is shown that the reaction of fluid motion upon director reorientation is small. |
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| Keywords: | 42.40 42.65G 61.30 |
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