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Nano-Sized Fine Droplets of Liquid Crystals for Optical Application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Shiro Matsumoto ,
Marthe Houlbert ,
Takayoshi Hayashi  and
Ken-ichi Kubodera
Shiro Matsumoto
Affiliation:
NTT Integrated Information & Energy Systems Laboratories, Musashino, Tokyo 180, Japan, matumoto@ilab.ntt.jp
Marthe Houlbert
Affiliation:
NTT Integrated Information & Energy Systems Laboratories, Musashino, Tokyo 180, Japan, matumoto@ilab.ntt.jp
Takayoshi Hayashi
Affiliation:
NTT Integrated Information & Energy Systems Laboratories, Musashino, Tokyo 180, Japan, matumoto@ilab.ntt.jp
Ken-ichi Kubodera
Affiliation:
NTT Science and Core Technology Laboratory Group, Atsugi, Kanagawa 243–01, Japan
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Abstract

Nano-sized fine droplets of liquid crystal (LC) were obtained by phase separation of nematic LC in UV curing polymer. The polymer composite had a high transparency in the infrared region. The fine droplets responded to an electric field causing a change in birefringence. Output power change was brought about by the generated retardation between two polarizations, parallel and perpendicular to the applied electric field. This differs from the composite containing much larger droplets, where output depends on the degree of scattering. The birefringence changed by 0.001 at the applied voltage of 7.5 V/μm.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 457: Symposium V – Nanophase and Nanocomposite Materials II , 1996 , 89
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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