All-optical measurements of elastic constants in nematic liquid crystals

Authors

  • Bartłomiej W Klus Warsaw Universitz of Technologz
  • Waldemar K Bajdecki Warsaw University of Technology
  • Mirosław A Karpierz Warsaw University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v4i1.287

Abstract

Reorientation of liquid crystals induced by light is used as a method to measure elastic constants. Especially this all-optical method can determine constant connected with twist deformation, which is not easy in conventionally known methods. Experimental results show very good accuracy in comparison with other methods.

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2012-03-29

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B. W. Klus, W. K. Bajdecki, and M. A. Karpierz, “All-optical measurements of elastic constants in nematic liquid crystals”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 4, no. 1, pp. pp. 20–22, Mar. 2012.

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2012)

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