Optical activity of small-pitch helical-shaped dielectric media

被引：29

作者：

Oldano, C ^{[1
]}

Rajteri, M ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] IST NAZL FIS MAT, I-10129 TURIN, ITALY

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1996年 / 54卷 / 15期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.54.10273

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

A chiral smectic liquid crystal is considered, made of elongated molecules whose directions describe a helix along a given direction. It is shown that for small values of the helix pitch it behaves as a homogeneous medium which is optically active and uniaxial, with maximum rotatory power for light propagating orthogonally to the helix axis. Analytic expressions are given to describe the gyrotropic properties of the medium. The analogies with other helical-shaped structures are discussed.

引用

页码：10273 / 10276

页数：4

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