Anomalous behavior of the optical Kerr constant of nematogens far above the nematic-isotropic transition
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 26 (6) , 3679-3682
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.26.3679
Abstract
Using Lin's Microscopic theory for the isotropic-nematic transition, we propose a new explanation for earlier experimental results where deviations of the optical Kerr constant of nematogens from the mean-field behavior were observed several degrees above the transition.Keywords
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