All-optical-field-induced first-order Fréedericksz transitions and hysteresis in a nematic film
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 37 (4), 1375-1377
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.37.1375
Abstract
It is experimentally observed that first-order optical Fréedericksz transitions can be induced by two laser beams which interact incoherently in a homeotropically aligned nematic film. The observed bistable behavior of the system is in good agreement with the theory.Keywords
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