Home
For authors
Submission status

Current
Archive
Archive (English)
   Volumes 41-62
   Volumes 1-20
   Volumes 21-40
      Volume 40
      Volume 39
      Volume 38
      Volume 37
      Volume 36
      Volume 35
      Volume 34
      Volume 33
      Volume 32
      Volume 31
      Volume 30
      Volume 29
      Volume 28
      Volume 27
      Volume 26
      Volume 25
      Volume 24
      Volume 23
      Volume 22
      Volume 21
Search
VOLUME 36 (1982) | ISSUE 5 | PAGE 144
Orientational effect of a surface light wave on liquid crystals
It is predicted that the nonpropagating light wave appearing with total internal reflection and localized near the interface has a strong effect on a nematic or cholesteric liquid crystal mesophase. The change in the Grandjean structure of the cholesteric liquid crystal is manifested as a change in pitch. On the other hand, the planar structure of the nematic liquid crystal becomes a chiral structure under the action of the wave.