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Publication 08-CNA-02

The Janossy effect and hybrid variational principles

David Kinderlehrer
Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
davidk@andrew.cmu.edu

Michal Kowalczyk
Universidad de Chile
Departamento de Ingeniería Matemática
Santiago, Chile
kowalczy@dim.uchile.cl


Abstract: Light can change the orientation of a liquid crystal. This is the optical Freedericksz transition, discovered by Saupe. In the Janossy ethreshold intensity for the optical Freedericksz transition is dramatically reduced by the additon of a small amount of dye to the sample. This has been interpreted as an optically pumped orientational rachet mechanism, similar to the rachet mechanism in biological molecular motors. To interpret the evolution system proposed for this ethe evolution problem follows as well. Furthermore, we consider the time independent problem and show its local asymptotic stability. Finally we progress toward showing that the proposed model correctly predicts the onset of the Janossy effect.

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