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The optical tensor configuration in a surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal determined by using half leaky guided modes

 

作者: Fuzi Yang,   J.R. Sambles,  

 

期刊: Liquid Crystals  (Taylor Available online 1993)
卷期: Volume 13, issue 1  

页码: 1-11

 

ISSN:0267-8292

 

年代: 1993

 

DOI:10.1080/02678299308029048

 

出版商: Taylor & Francis Group

 

数据来源: Taylor

 

摘要:

The optic tensor configuration in a surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal cell is investigated using optical excitation of half leaky guided modes. A thin ferroelectric liquid crystal layer is confined between a high index pyramid, with an index greater than the maximum of the liquid crystal, and a glass substrate having an index less than the minimum of the liquid crystal. Using standard attenuated total reflection experimental procedures, over a small angle range a series of sharp resonant peaks are recorded in the s-polarized reflectivity using p-polarized incident light. These peaks are extraordinarily sensitive to details of the optical tensor configuration within the cell. Fitting theoretically modelled reflectivities from multilayer Fresnel theory to the data allows determination of near surface alignment, bending of the chevron, surface tilt angle and biaxiality. To give a clear physical explanation for the great sensitivity of the technique, the electromagnetic field component distributions in the cell are also presented and analysed. The results confirm that the half leaky guided mode method has enormous potential for the study of the optic tensor configuration in liquid crystal layers.

 

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