Usage of liquid crystals in optical sensors of mechanical forces and motion

Sergey V. Pasechnik; Dina V. Shmeliova; Valentin A. Tsvetkov; Aleksandra V. Torchinskaya; Vladimir G. Chigrinov

doi:10.1117/12.820611

18 May 2009 Usage of liquid crystals in optical sensors of mechanical forces and motion

Sergey V. Pasechnik, Dina V. Shmeliova, Valentin A. Tsvetkov, Aleksandra V. Torchinskaya, Vladimir G. Chigrinov

Proceedings Volume 7356, Optical Sensors 2009; 73561M (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.820611
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2009, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

Physical backgrounds for highly sensitive optical sensors of mechanical perturbations based on flow phenomena in liquid crystals are presented. It is shown that linear declinations of the optical axis of a nematic liquid crystal induced by a pressure gradient from the initial homeotropic orientation which are registered via polarized light can be considered as the basic mechanooptical effect for sensor applications. The ways of optimization of technical characteristics of liquid crystal sensors including usage of electric fields are discussed. The examples of sensors of acceleration, vibration and inclination based on the same principals are considered. It is shown that usage of liquid crystals provides an extremely high threshold sensitivity and electric control of the main technical parameters of optical sensors.

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Sergey V. Pasechnik, Dina V. Shmeliova, Valentin A. Tsvetkov, Aleksandra V. Torchinskaya, and Vladimir G. Chigrinov "Usage of liquid crystals in optical sensors of mechanical forces and motion", Proc. SPIE 7356, Optical Sensors 2009, 73561M (18 May 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.820611

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