Generation of Multiple Circular Walls on a Thin Film of Nematic Liquid Crystal by Laser Scanning

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2008-02-13

arxiv.org/abs/0802.1819v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

10 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to Chemical Physics Letters 2nd Edition

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.cplett.2008.03.063

We found that multiple circular walls (MCW) can be generated on a thin film of a nematic liquid crystal through a spiral scanning of a focused IR laser. The ratios between radii of adjacent rings of MCW were almost constant. These constant ratios can be explained theoretically by minimization of the Frank elastic free energy of nematic medium. The director field on a MCW exhibits chiral symmetry-breaking although the elastic free energies of both chiral MCWs are degenerated, i.e., the director on a MCW can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise along the radial direction.

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