Spatial resolution of the molecular alignment in electroclinic liquid crystals

被引：6

作者：

Lindle, JR ^{[1
]}

Bartoli, FJ ^{[1
]}

Flom, SR ^{[1
]}

Harter, AT ^{[1
]}

Ratna, BR ^{[1
]}

Shashidhar, R ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] USN,RES LAB,CTR BIOMOL SCI & ENGN,WASHINGTON,DC 20375

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 1997年 / 70卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.118610

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Field induced deformations of the bookshelf geometry in electroclinic liquid crystals are investigated by means of spatially resolved phase retardation experiments. It is found that the triangular deformation model does not adequately describe the optical data, and underestimates the achievable device contrast ratios. To more correctly model the smectic layer deformation, it is necessary to consider a distribution of molecular directors within a stripe domain. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.

引用

页码：1536 / 1538

页数：3

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