Progress in Linear Optics, Non-Linear Optics and Surface Alignment of Liquid Crystals

H. L. Ong IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, P. O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, New York, 10598

R. B. Meyer Dept. of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 02254

A. J. Hurd Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87185

A. J. Karn Dept. of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720

S. M. Arakelian Dept. of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720

Y. R. Shen Dept. of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720

P. N. Sanda IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, P. O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, New York, 10598

D. B. Dove IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, P. O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, New York, 10598

S. A. Jansen Dept. of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19122

R. Hoffmann Dept. of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853

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Abstract

We first discuss the progress in linear optics, in particular, the formulation and application of geometrical-optics approximation and its generalization. We then discuss the progress in non-linear optics, in particular, the enhancement of a first-order Freedericksz transition and intrinsic optical bistability in homeotropic and parallel oriented nematic liquid crystal cells. Finally, we discuss the liquid crystal alignment and surface effects on field-induced Freedericksz transition.

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