New optical storage mode in liquid crystals
- 15 November 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 25 (10), 535-537
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1655299
Abstract
A novel electrically reversible storage effect in doped nematic liquid crystals is described. The ``off state'' is homeotropic nematic and the ``on state'' a single layer of densely packed spherulites. Both states are stable in time. The effect was observed in a narrow range of pitch and cell thickness combinations, and is interpreted as a nematic‐cholesteric phase transition.Keywords
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