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Title: Bistability of liquid crystal microcavities

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ (United Kingdom)

We develop a model of a liquid crystal Fabry-Perot microcavity. We study the homeotropic and the hybrid cavity configurations and show that both are multistable. Moreover, in the hybrid case a branch of solutions disconnected from the zero field solution exists.

OSTI ID:
20633773
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 67, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.67.023816; (c) 2003 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English