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Vitaly P Panov1, Jiseon Yang1, L K Migara2
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do 16419, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
We report waveform-induced rotation-time symmetry breaking in liquid crystal director motion. Homeotropic cells filled with a negative dielectric anisotropy chiral nematic exhibit persistent and visually observable waves of director orientation with a time period of at least 30 driving field cycles. Their existence in the space of driving waveform parameters is explored. The possibility of utilizing this system, which exhibits both spatial and temporal long-range order, as a modeling tool for experimental studies on discrete time crystals is discussed.
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