Erasable Optical Storage in Bistable Liquid Crystal Cells
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 223 (1) , 219-227
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15421409208048253
Abstract
In this paper, we present a new kind of bistable liquid crystal display (Filled Nematic) using static light scattering, and its application as a high resolution laser-addressed display. The new material consists of small inorganic particles dispersed in a nematic liquid crystal. In dispersion the particles form internal interfaces with a large specific surface making it possible to stabilize different director configurations. We report the key parameters for reversible optical data storage in this medium and give a first explanation of the physical mechanism of the laser-writing process.Keywords
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