Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-5-2003
Abstract
A scattering polarizer is created by subjecting a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) film to tensile strain. The optomechanical properties of the film are investigated by simultaneously measuring the stress-strain and polarization dependent optical transmission characteristics. The correlation between transmittances of two orthogonal polarizations and the stress-strain curve reveals that the polymer orientation as well as the droplet shape anisotropy influences the liquid crystal alignment within the droplets. A Monte-Carlo simulation based on the Lebwohl-Lasher model is used to explain the subtle influence of polymer orientation on liquid crystal alignment.
Repository Citation
Amimori, I.,
Priezjev, N. V.,
Pelcovits, R. A.,
& Crawford, G. P.
(2003). Optomechanical Properties of Stretched Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films for Scattering Polarizer Applications. Journal of Applied Physics, 93, 3248.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/mme/447
DOI
10.1063/1.1554757
Comments
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