Nano-sized fine droplets of liquid crystals for optical application

Matsumoto, Shiro; Houlbert, M; Hayashi, Takayoshi; Kubodera, Kenichi

Title: Nano-sized fine droplets of liquid crystals for optical application

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Nano-sized fine droplets of liquid crystal (LC) were obtained by phase separation of nematic LC in UV curing polymer. The polymer composite had a high transparency in the infrared region. The fine droplets responded to an electric field causing a change in birefringence. Output power change was brought about by the generated retardation between two polarizations, parallel and perpendicular to the applied electric field. This differs from the composite containing much larger droplets, where output depends on the degree of scattering. The birefringence changed by 0.001 at the applied voltage of 7.5 V/{micro}m.

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Matsumoto, Shiro; Houlbert, M; Hayashi, Takayoshi ^[1]; Kubodera, Kenichi ^[2]

NTT Integrated Information and Energy Systems Labs., Tokyo (Japan)
NTT Science and Core Technology Lab. Group, Atsugi, Kanagawa (Japan)

Publication Date:: Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI Identifier:: 522291

Report Number(s):: CONF-961202-
ISBN 1-55899-361-4; TRN: IM9739%%12

Resource Type:: Book

Resource Relation:: Conference: 1996 Fall meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS), Boston, MA (United States), 2-6 Dec 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Nanophase and nanocomposite materials 2; Komarneni, S. [ed.] [Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)]; Parker, J.C. [ed.] [Nanophase Technologies Corp., Burr Ridge, IL (United States)]; Wollenberger, H.J. [ed.] [Hahn-Meitner Inst., Berlin (Germany)]; PB: 573 p.; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 457

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; SYNTHESIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYMERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; THIN FILMS; POLYMERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; OPACITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; BIREFRINGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA

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