Retrieval of order parameters of liquid crystal droplets by coherent transmittance measurements

Valery A. Loiko; Alexandr V. Konkolovich; Aliaksandr A. Miskevich

doi:10.1117/12.620876

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6 October 2005 Retrieval of order parameter of liquid crystal droplets by coherent transmittance measurement

Valery A. Loiko, Alexandr V. Konkolovich, Aliaksandr A. Miskevich

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Proceedings Volume 5947, Liquid Crystals: Optics and Applications; 59470Q (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.620876
Event: Congress on Optics and Optoelectronics, 2005, Warsaw, Poland

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The optical method to retrieve order parameter of liquid crystal droplets with rigidly fixed poles has been developed. The method is based on measurement of coherent transmittance of a monolayer of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal droplets and comparison with the results of coherent transmittance calculation. To calculate coherent transmittance of a polymer -dispersed liquid crystal monolayer the anomalous diffraction approximation and the approximation of effective refractive indexes for liquid crystal droplets are used.

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Valery A. Loiko, Alexandr V. Konkolovich, and Aliaksandr A. Miskevich "Retrieval of order parameter of liquid crystal droplets by coherent transmittance measurement", Proc. SPIE 5947, Liquid Crystals: Optics and Applications, 59470Q (6 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.620876

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