The effect of an optical field on the nematic phase of the liquid crystal OCBP
Zolot'ko A. S. , Kitaeva V. F., Kroo N. , Sobolev N. N., Chillag L.
We have observed a complex structure and an extraordinarily large divergence (30-40°) of an argon-laser beam emerging from an OCBP crystal placed at a focal constriction. The experimental results can be explained by a reorientation of the director in the electric field of the light wave.