Field-induced optical biaxiality in chiral smectic-A liquid crystals

被引：6

作者：

Bartoli, FJ ^{[1
]}

Lindle, JR ^{[1
]}

Flom, SR ^{[1
]}

Selinger, JV ^{[1
]}

Ratna, BR ^{[1
]}

Shashidhar, R ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] USN, RES LAB, CTR BIOMOL SCI & ENGN, WASHINGTON, DC 20375 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 1997年 / 55卷 / 02期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevE.55.R1271

中图分类号：

O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];

学科分类号：

070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;

摘要：

Observation of field-induced optical biaxiality in a chiral smectic-A Liquid crystal is reported for the first time. Optical transmission measurements as a function of electric field demonstrate that a material exhibiting a large electroclinic effect also exhibits a pronounced optical biaxiality. It is shown that the biaxiality is correlated with the electroclinic tilt angle and its field dependence can be qualitatively explained in terms of a simple molecular model involving reorientation about the long molecular axis.

引用

页码：R1271 / R1274

页数：4

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