Nanosecond electrooptics of nematic liquid crystals: induced orientational order and quenching of director fluctuations

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Abstract

We demonstrate a fast (1-100 ns) electrooptic response of a thermotropic nematic liquid crystal in a geometry when a strong electric field (\textgreater\ 10$^{\mathrm{8}}$~V/m) does not realign the director and influences only the orientational order and the spectrum of director fluctuations.

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Authors

  • Volodymyr Borshch

    Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, 44240, OH

  • Sergij V. Shiyanovskii

    Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, 44240, OH

  • Oleg D. Lavrentovich

    Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, 44240, OH, Kent State University, Liquid crystal institute and chemical physics interdisciplinary program, Kent state university, Kent, OH, USA, Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242