On the deflection of light by topological defects in nematic liquid crystals
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
The influence of controlable parameters like temperature and wavelength on the trajectories of light in a nematic liquid crystal with topological defects is studied through a geometric model. The model incorporates phenomenological details as how the refractive indices depend on such parameters. The deflection of light by the topological defect is then shown to be greater at lower temperatures and shorter wavelengths.
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@article{arxiv.0803.0522,
title = {On the deflection of light by topological defects in nematic liquid crystals},
author = {Caio satiro and Fernando Moraes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.0522},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
To appear in Eur. Phys. J. E