Velocity of an electric-field-induced synclinic solitary wave invading the anticlinic liquid crystal phase.
The electric-field dependence of the velocity of synclinic fingers invading the anticlinic phase is determined by a time-of-flight technique. The time delay for a rapid increase in the transmitted optical intensity through the sample is measured between two points as a function of their separation along the trajectory of the solitary wave. The data are quantitatively consistent with the rapid velocities deduced from a previous measurement [Liq. Cryst. 27, 249 (2000)], demonstrating that the previous data were not affected by multiple nucleation sites occurring at higher fields.
Bhatt
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Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
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Keast
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Neubert
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Rosenblatt
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