An experimental investigation of electrically induced-birefringence of Kerr effect in polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals resulting from orientations of liquid crystals

Hung Shan Chen; Shih Ya Ni; Yi-Hsin Lin

doi:10.1063/1.4748117

An experimental investigation of electrically induced-birefringence of Kerr effect in polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals resulting from orientations of liquid crystals

Hung Shan Chen^*, Shih Ya Ni, Yi-Hsin Lin

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Department of Photonics

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Abstract

The electrically induced-birefringence (EIB) of Kerr effect of polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals (PSBP-LCs) is experimentally investigated by discussing the orientations of liquid cryastal (LC) molecules. The results show that the EIB of Kerr effect of PSBP-LCs mainly results from the orientations of LC molecules when the voltage is larger than the voltage of disappearance of the lattice deformation; otherwise, lattice deformation is also involved in the contribution of EIB besides the orientations of LC molecules. This study proves that the orientations of liquid crystals indeed play roles in the EIB of Kerr effect in PSBP-LCs.

Original language	English
Article number	093501
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	101
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4748117
State	Published - 27 Aug 2012

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Chen, H. S., Ni, S. Y., & Lin, Y-H. (2012). An experimental investigation of electrically induced-birefringence of Kerr effect in polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals resulting from orientations of liquid crystals. Applied Physics Letters, 101(9), [093501]. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4748117

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