Electric field response of an antiferroelectric liquid crystal in the bulk and boundary regions

被引：1

作者：

Matsuo, T

Mitsugi, N

Suzuki, Y

Hatta, A

机构：

来源：

MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECTION A-MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS | 1995年 / 258卷

关键词：

antiferroelectric liquid crystal; surface plasmon polariton; molecular alignment; electro-optics; attenuated total reflection;

D O I：

10.1080/10587259508034573

中图分类号：

O7 [晶体学];

学科分类号：

0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;

摘要：

Optical transmission and attenuated total reflection (ATR) measurements have been performed on antiferroelectric MHPOBC(R) liquid crystal films in the chiral smectic C-A phase to investigate the electric field response of the bulk and boundary layers, respectively. In the ATR measurement, a surface plasmon polariton is excited at the liquid-crystal/silver-film interface as a probe of the field response of the boundary layer. A significant difference in threshold voltage as well as in field responsivity is found between the bulk and boundary layers. These results are discussed in short in this letter.

引用

页码：333 / 338

页数：6

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