Thermomechanical effects in uniformly aligned dye-doped nematic liquid crystals

Details Thermomechanical effects in uniformly aligned dye-doped nematic liquid crystals Thermomechanical effects in uniformly aligned dye-doped nematic liquid crystals

2007-01-18

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0701216v1

Europ. Phys. J. E, 23, 77 (2007)

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

Scientific paper

10.1140/epje/i2006-10081-5

We show theoretically that thermomechanical effects in dye-doped nematic liquid crystals when illuminated by laser beams, can become important and lead to molecular reorientation at intensities substantially lower than that needed for optical Fr\'eedericksz transition. We propose a 1D model that assumes homogenous intensity distribution in the plane of the layer and is capable to describe such a thermally induced threshold lowering. We consider a particular geometry, with a linearly polarized light incident perpendicularly on a layer of homeotropically aligned dye-doped nematics.

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