Abstract
Abstract We report the first experimental observation of hysteresis, multistability and locking of the optical phase in the Optical Freedericksz Transition induced by a linearly polarized laser beam at normal incidence into a homeotropically aligned nematic film. The occurrence of these unexpected effects can be understood in terms of angular momentum transfer between the optical field and the medium.
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