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Measuring Magnetically-Tuned Ferroelectric Polarization in Liquid Crystals
Published on: August 15, 2018
Direct measurement of electric-field-induced birefringence in a polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystal
Jin Yan1, Meizi Jiao, Linghui Rao
1College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA.
Abstract:
We demonstrate a method to directly measure the electric-field-induced birefringence of a polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystal (PS-BPLC) composite. The induced birefringence follows the extended Kerr effect well and is approximately 3X the ordinary refractive index change. The measured data are validated by comparing the simulated and measured voltage-dependent transmittance with an in-plane switching cell. The impact of these results to the material optimization of emerging BPLC displays is discussed.
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