Nonlinear Reflection in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Mirrorless Optical Bistability
- 18 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 49 (16) , 1179-1182
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.49.1179
Abstract
Exact elliptic-function solutions are presented for intense light waves in cholesteric liquid crystals. Light-induced changes in the pitch of the cholesteric helix lead to a bistable reflection characteristic even in the absence of external reflectors.Keywords
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