The role of surface tilt in the operation of pi-cell liquid crystal devices

被引:49
作者
Acosta, EJ [1 ]
Towler, MJ [1 ]
Walton, HG [1 ]
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[1] Sharp Labs Europe Ltd, Oxford OX4 4GB, England
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10.1080/02678290050043932
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
摘要
The role of surface tilt in the operation of pi-cells (OCB) is discussed. We show the effect of tilt on the relative stability of the H and V states, the switching characteristics and the domain growth speed. We further study the effects of temperature and cell thickness on the domain growth.
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