Photo-Induced Orientation of Nematic Liquid Crystals in Microcapillaries

• Authors: M. Chychłowski , S. Ertman , M. Tefelska , T. Woliński , E. Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki , O. Yaroshchuk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Axial and transversal orientational configurations of a nematic liquid crystal 6CHBT are realized inside glassy cylindrical capillaries by using photoalignment technique. It is demonstrated that this principle can be effectively used to enforce liquid crystal alignment in the desirable direction. It can be applied to control liquid crystal alignment in the photonic crystal fibers showing great potential for the modern telecommunication technologies.

Keywords

EN

42.81.Cn; 42.79.Dj; 42.81.Pa; 42.79.Kr

Discipline

• 42.79.Dj: Gratings(for holographic gratings, see 42.40.Eq)
• 42.81.Cn: Fiber testing and measurement of fiber parameters
• 42.79.Kr: Display devices, liquid-crystal devices(see also 85.60.Pg Display systems)
• 42.81.Pa: Sensors, gyros

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 118
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1100-1103

Dates

published

2010-12

Contributors

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M. Chychłowski

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland

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S. Ertman

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland

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M. Tefelska

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland

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T. Woliński

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland

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E. Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki

• Institute of Physics, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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O. Yaroshchuk

• Institute of Physics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.118.1100