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Interaction of light with a dye-doped nematic liquid crystal

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The interaction of linearly and circularly polarized beams with a nematic liquid crystal doped with light-absorbing dyes has been studied by light-diffraction and microprojection methods. It has been found that there is a threshold for the emergence of light-induced anisotropic structures, which, depending on the type of dye, can be axisymmetric or extended in a direction determined by the light field. Possible mechanisms leading to the formation of the anisotropic structures are discussed.

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Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 111, 2059–2073 (June 1997)

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Barnik, M.I., Zolot’ko, A.S. & Kitaeva, V.F. Interaction of light with a dye-doped nematic liquid crystal. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 84, 1122–1130 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.558249

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