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  2. Fast Birefringent Mode Stressed Liquid Crystal
Author(s)
Abstract

We report a stressed liquid crystal (SLC) that produce a large shift in phase retardation at submillisecond speeds. The SLC consists of uniformly aligned micro-domains of a liquid crystal dispersed in a polymer structure. Mechanical stress produces uniform alignment, essentially eliminates light scattering, and substantially improves the electro-optic performance. A 22-μm-thick SLC film switches more than 2μm of phase retardation in less than 1ms. The system has a linear voltage response with essentially no hysteresis.
Format
Article
Identifier(s)
10.1063/1.1852720
Publication Date
2005-01-17
Publication Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
86
Issue
3
Subject
Community
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
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Copyright 2005 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 031111 (2005) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1852720.
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West, J., Zhang, G., Glushchenko, A., & Reznikov, Y. (2005). Fast Birefringent Mode Stressed Liquid Crystal. Applied Physics Letters. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1852720
West, John, Guoqiang Zhang, Anatoliy Glushchenko, and Yuriy Reznikov. 2005. “Fast Birefringent Mode Stressed Liquid Crystal”. Applied Physics Letters. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1852720.
West, J., G. Zhang, A. Glushchenko, and Y. Reznikov. Fast Birefringent Mode Stressed Liquid Crystal. Applied Physics Letters, 17 Jan. 2005, doi:10.1063/1.1852720.