Retrieval of order parameters of a monolayer of liquid-crystal droplets with weak anchoring
- National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Stepanov Institute of Physics (Belarus)
An optical method is proposed for extracting the order parameters of single-layer polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal film (monolayer) containing bipolar liquid-crystal droplets under weak anchoring conditions. The method is based on an analysis of the coherent transmittance of a monolayer irradiated with a normally incident linearly polarized plane wave. The method is used to retrieve the order parameter of a spherical liquid-crystal droplet and the order parameter of a monolayer consisting of such droplets as functions of the applied electric field. The effect of inaccuracy of the input values of monolayer parameters on the error of retrieval of the order parameters is examined. The method can be used to determine the refractive index of the polymer binder, as well as other parameters of the film. It provides a tool for solving the inverse scattering problem with field-dependent or field-independent droplet order parameter.
- OSTI ID:
- 21075685
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Vol. 105, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063776107100196; Copyright (c) 2007 Nauka/Interperiodica; Article Copyright (c) 2007 Pleiades Publishing, Inc; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7761
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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