Bistability of liquid crystal microcavities

G. D’Alessandro and A. A. Wheeler
Phys. Rev. A 67, 023816 – Published 28 February 2003
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Abstract

We develop a model of a liquid crystal Fabry-Pérot microcavity. We study the homeotropic and the hybrid cavity configurations and show that both are multistable. Moreover, in the hybrid case a branch of solutions disconnected from the zero field solution exists.

  • Received 4 October 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.67.023816

©2003 American Physical Society

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G. D’Alessandro and A. A. Wheeler

  • Department of Mathematics, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

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Vol. 67, Iss. 2 — February 2003

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