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dc.contributor.authorRuan, Lizhenen_GB
dc.contributor.authorSambles, J. Royen_GB
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Exeteren_GB
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-04T13:36:12Zen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-25T11:54:27Zen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-20T13:24:24Z
dc.date.issued2003-04-25en_GB
dc.description.abstractAn optical convergent-beam guided-wave technique is used to explore in detail the dynamic flow effects in a twisted nematic cell. During switch-on it is found that the dynamic flow compresses the director twist to regions close to the cell walls. For high fields this twist compression takes the cell far beyond the Mauguin limit and it no longer effectively guides the polarization of the light through the cell. This results in a very fast switch to a transient dark state.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 90 (16), article 168701en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.168701en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10036/29511en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen_GB
dc.titleFlow-Induced Twist-Compression in a Twisted Nematic Cellen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2008-06-04T13:36:12Zen_GB
dc.date.available2011-01-25T11:54:27Zen_GB
dc.date.available2013-03-20T13:24:24Z
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007en_GB
dc.identifier.issn1079-7114en_GB
dc.descriptionLizhen Ruan and J. Roy Sambles, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 90, article 168701 (2003). Copyright © 2003 by the American Physical Society.en_GB
dc.identifier.journalPhysical Review Lettersen_GB


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