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Resonant domain photorefractive structure in the liquid crystal-photoconducting orienting layer system

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Photorefractive properties of nematic liquid-crystal cells with photoconductive orienting layers are investigated. A new mechanism is proposed based on the resonant interaction of transition and quasi-stationary domain structures with the optical interference field. A two-order-of-magnitude increase in the diffraction efficiency of gratings under resonant conditions is obtained.

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Agashkov, 2010, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2010, Vol. 80, No. 7, pp. 96–104.

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Agashkov, A.V. Resonant domain photorefractive structure in the liquid crystal-photoconducting orienting layer system. Tech. Phys. 55, 1009–1017 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784210070157

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