Investigation of Kerr effect in a blue phase liquid crystal using wedge-cell technique

Authors

  • Kamil Orzechowski Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2024-8786
  • Marek Wojciech Sierakowski Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology
  • Marzena Sala-Tefelska Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology
  • Tomasz Ryszard Woliński Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology
  • Olga Strzeżysz Institute of Chemistry, Military University of Technology
  • Przemysław Kula Institute of Chemistry, Military University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/plp.v9i2.738

Abstract

In this work an alternative method for refractive index measurement of blue phase liquid crystal in the Kerr effect has been described. The proposed wedge method uses simple goniometric setup, allowing for direct index measurements for any wavelengths and index values. This is significant advantage comparing to other methods, usually having limitations of the measurement range as well as necessity complicated calculation to obtain refractive indices values. The results are reliable and agree well with the subject literature.

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2017-07-01

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K. Orzechowski, M. W. Sierakowski, M. Sala-Tefelska, T. R. Woliński, O. Strzeżysz, and P. Kula, “Investigation of Kerr effect in a blue phase liquid crystal using wedge-cell technique”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 9, no. 2, pp. pp. 54–56, Jul. 2017.

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