Dr Lizhen Ruan: Recent publications

• Ruan L, Yang F, Sambles JR
  Otto-coupled surface plasmons in a liquid crystal cell
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 95 171102 2009
  Copyright (2009) The American Physical Society. The article above may also be found on the journal's website.

• Ruan LZ, Yang F, Sambles JR
  Voltage dependent director of a homeotropic negative liquid crystal cell
  Applied Physics Letters 93 031909 2008
  Copyright (2008) American Institute of Physics. The article above may also be found on the journal's website.

• Yang F, Ruan L and Sambles JR
  Exploration of the surface director profile in a liquid crystal cell using coupling between the surface plasmon and half-leaky optical guided modes
  APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 92 (15): 151103 APR 15 2008
  Copyright (2008) American Institute of Physics. The article above may also be found on the journal's website

• Yang F, Zoriniants G, Ruan L and Sambles JR
  Optical anisotropy and liquid-crystal alignment properties of rubbed polyimide layers
  LIQIUD CRYSTALS 34 (12): 1433 DEC 2007
  Copyright (2007) Taylor & Francis.

• Yang F, Ruan L, Sambles JR
  Polarization-Conversion Guided Mode (PCGM) technique for exploring thin anisotropic surface layers
  OPTICS EXPRESS 15 (18): 11234-11240 SEP 3 2007
  Copyright (2007) Optical Society of America. The article above may also be found on the journal's website.

• Yang F, Ruan L, Jewell SA and Sambles JR
  Polarization rotator using a hybrid aligned nematic liquid crystal cell
  OPTICS EXPRESS 15 (7): 4192 Apr 2 2007
  Copyright (2007) OSA. The article above may also be found on the journal's website

• Yang F, Ruan L, Jewell SA and Sambles JR
  Coupled surface plasmons and optical guided wave exploration of near-surface director profile
  NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS 9: Art. No. 49 Mar 5 2007
  Copyright (2007) IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The article above may also be found on the journal's website.
  

• Yang Fuzi, Jewell SA, Ruan Lizhen, Sambles JR
  Complex Permittivities of a Nematic Liquid Crystal in a Hybrid Aligned Cell
  JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B 24 (3): 527-530 MAR 1 2007
  Copyright (2007) OSA. The article above may also be found on the journal's website

• Ruan LZ, Sambles JR
  Leaky-wave exploration of two-stage switch-on in a nematic pi-cell
  APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 86 (5): Art. No. 052502 JAN 31 2005
  Copyright (2005) American Institute of Physics. The article above may also be found on the journal's website.

• Sambles JR, Ruan LZ
  Testing the dynamic theory of nematics using fully-leaky guided modes and a convergent beam system
  JOURNAL OF NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID MECHANICS 119 (1-3): 39-49 MAY 1 2004
  Copyright (2004) Elsevier B.V.

• Yang FZ, Dong YM, Ruan LZ, Sambles JR
  Dynamical process of switch-off in a supertwisted nematic cell
  JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 96 (1): 310-315 JUL 1 2004
  Copyright (2004) American Institute of Physics. The article above may also be found on the journal's website.

• Yang FZ, Dong YM, Ruan LZ, Sambles JR
  Delay effect of switch-on in a supertwisted nematic cell
  APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 85 (21): 5070-5072 NOV 22 2004
  Copyright (2004) American Institute of Physics. The article above may also be found on the journal's website.

• Ruan LZ, Sambles JR
  Flow-induced twist-compression in a twisted nematic cell
  PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 90 (16): Art. No. 168701 APR 25 2003
  Copyright (2003) American Physical Society. The article above may also be found on the journal's website.

• Ruan LZ, Sambles JR, Stewart IW
  Self-organized periodic photonic structure in a nonchiral liquid crystal
  PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 91 (3): Art. No. 033901 JUL 18 2003
  Copyright (2003) American Physical Society. The article above may also be found on the journal's website.

• Osipov MA, Sambles JR, Ruan L
  Theory of nematic-smectic phase separation in thin twisted liquid crystal cells
  LIQUID CRYSTALS 30 (7): 823-830 JUL 2003
  Copyright (2003) Taylor and Francis. The article above may also be found on the journal's website.