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Amplitude Modulation and Relaxation-Oscillation of Counterpropagating Rolls within a Broken-Symmetry Laser-Induced Electroconvection Strip
Daniel R. Spiegel, Elliot R. Johnson, Skyler R. Saucedo
We report a liquid-crystal pattern-formation experiment in which we break the lateral (translational) symmetry of a nematic medium with a laser-induced thermal gradient. The work i…
Dynamics of laser-induced electroconvection pulses
N. C. Giebink, E. R. Johnson, S. R. Saucedo +4
We first report that, for planar nematic MBBA, the electroconvection threshold voltage has a nonmonotonic temperature dependence, with a well-defined minimum, and a slope of about…
Forced Rayleigh Scattering Studies of Tracer Diffusion in a Nematic Liquid Crystal: The Relevance of Complementary Gratings
Daniel R. Spiegel, Alexis L. Thompson, Wesley C. Campbell
We have employed forced Rayleigh scattering (FRS) to study the diffusion of an azo tracer molecule (methyl red) through a nematic liquid crystal (5CB). This system was first invest…