Liquid Crystals, Third Edition

This book presents a comprehensive treatment of the fundamentals and applied aspects of optical physics, light scatterings, electro-optics and nonlinear optics of liquid crystals. The opening chapters cover the basic physics and optical properties of liquid crystals critical to understanding more advanced content. The author then moves on to review the current display and non-display optical applications of liquid crystals, including new topics such as photonic crystals, negative index materials, and more. He also includes a thorough review of the advanced computational methods for light propagation through liquid crystalline and anisotropic materials/devices. Later chapters provide a uniquely comprehensive treatment of nonlinear optics of liquid crystals. Several sections have been added or expanded in this new edition to provide the most up-to-date resource on the topic.