Hysteresis of Light Induced Fréedericks Transition due to the Static Electric Field

1 December 1984

journal article
liquid crystals
Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Vol. 116 (1-2) , 111-114
https://doi.org/10.1080/00268948408072498

Abstract

It is shown that when a quasistatic electric field (not inducing the Freedericks transition) is applied to a cell with a nematic liquid crystal (NLC), a hysteresis can arise in the dependence of the NLC director reorientation on the intensity. The critical tension of the static field inducing hysteresis is calculated.

Keywords

HYSTERESIS
STATIC ELECTRIC FIELD
TRANSITION DUE
FREDERICKS TRANSITION
INDUCED FREDERICKS
LIGHT INDUCED

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Nonlinear optical amplification in a nematic liquid crystal above the Frederiks transition
Applied Physics Letters, 1980