• DocumentCode
    897944
  • Title

    Electric-field-induced optical rotation in cholesteric liquid crystals

  • Author

    Day, G.W. ; Gaddy, O.L.

  • Volume
    56
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1968
  • fDate
    6/1/1968 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1113
  • Lastpage
    1114
  • Abstract
    Optical rotation has been induced in thin samples of cholesteric liquid crystals by the application of dc or 60-Hz ac electric fields in the direction of light propagation. A power law dependence of the form R = KExwas found where R is the change in net rotation, E is the rms electric field strength, K is a constant, and x equals approximately 2.3.
  • Keywords
    Crystallization; Electric fields; Light scattering; Liquid crystals; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Rotation measurement; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1968.6482
  • Filename
    1448412
    • Link To Document
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