Title
The Decay of Unstable Orientational States of Nematic Liquid Crystals Interacting with a Laser Field
Abstract
We show that the rate of relaxation is an important characteristic of the dynamics of critical systems undergoing second order phase transition, which are, in fact, still in effective motion even after the order parameter is reaching its steady state value. As a model system, we investigate the instability of the orientational state of a nematic liquid crystal acted on by a laser field and present the measurement of the initial fluctuations that start up the decay of the unstable state. © Les Édition de Physique 1997.
Publication Date
1-1-1997
Publication Title
Journal de Physique II
Volume
7
Issue
9
Number of Pages
1143-1153
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1051/jp1:1997113
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
0031237441 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0031237441
STARS Citation
Cipparrone, G.; Duca, D.; and Versace, C., "The Decay of Unstable Orientational States of Nematic Liquid Crystals Interacting with a Laser Field" (1997). Scopus Export 1990s. 2783.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus1990/2783