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High-Contrast and Fast Photorheological Switching of a Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystal
Published on: October 31, 2019
Magneto-responsive optics in a chiral crystal with thermally triggered reversible phase transitions between chiral
Yuying Yang1, Xiangqian Lu1, Xianfeng Dong2
1School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
Abstract:
Herein, a chiral charge transfer crystal that exhibits reversible phase transition between chiral space groups has been fabricated. When the phase switches from left-handed to right-handed chiral space group, more pronounced orbital angular momentum effects will be generated, where magneto-responsive optics are the opposite for chiral enantiomers. Moreover, circularly polarized light could enhance the chiral orbit of the crystal with the same spiral orientation to let spin have a better ability to resist external magnetic field. Thus, the magnetic field dependence of transmission and photoluminescence of chiral crystals are strongly dependent on the polarized state of incident light. Furthermore, by studying the coupling among spin, orbit, and circular photon, we obtained that the chiral orbit plays a key role in the coupling between the spin and circular photon. It is expected that this work could promote further exploration of organic chiral magneto-optical crystals in potential applications of sensing.
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