Electric-field-induced polar biaxial order in a nontilted smectic phase of an asymmetric bent-core liquid crystal

A polarization reorientation process has been studied by means of optical second-harmonic generation in an optically uniaxial smectic phase of an asymmetric bent-core liquid crystal. A nontilted polar smectic order with a biaxial order is induced by applying an electric field to the uniaxial nonpolar smectic phase. This phenomenon was well simulated by the two-dimensional Langevin process, i.e., electric-field-induced continuous molecular reorientation against thermal agitation. The simulation suggests that about 200s of molecules form a polar domain and cooperatively respond to the applied field. The existence of the polar domains and their reorientation are consistent to the dielectric measurement; a high dielectric constant of about 60 at the kHz range is markedly suppressed by applying a bias field.     

SWCNT doped ferroelectric liquid crystal: The electro-optical properties with enhanced dipolar contribution

Effect of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) on electro-optical performance of a ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) has been studied. Voltage dependent spontaneous polarization and response time measurement has been made for the pure and SWCNT doped FLC system. Dielectric measurement has also been performed to understand the existing interaction between SWCNTs and FLC molecules. The results have shown increase in the value of spontaneous polarization and relative permittivity with slight slower response for the doped system. The observed properties of doped system revealed that the SWCNTs can perform well with FLC at low applied electric field to enhance the performance of LC devices.     

Manifestation of a structural disorder in the polarization kinetics of a KD2PO4 ferroelectric

Crystalline potassium dideuterophosphate subjected to a slowly varying or a dc electric field has been found to exhibit polarization features which indicate the presence of a structural disorder characteristic of inhomogeneous systems. Continuous distribution spectra of the relaxation time are drawn from the experimental data and a phenomenological analysis of the depolarization of the crystal. It is shown that the spectra have an anomalous width and vary with temperature in a way suggesting the transformation of domain-wall potential barriers.     

Domain pattern in ferroelectric triglycine sulphate using pyroelectric effect

A method to study domain structure in ferroelectrics, using pyroelectric effect is described. Variation of pyroelectric signal from the surface of a triglycine sulphate crystal plate has been studied by scanning the surface of the crystal with a low wattage He-Ne laser beam. The integrated pyroelectric signal is due to two components, namely, (1) the primary component arising out of the change in spontaneous polarization with temperature and (2) the delayed component arising out of the possible polarization reversal. The component of an electric field along the ferroelectric axis due to thermal hemisphere within the crystal plate formed by the laser beam has been calculated and shown to exceed coercive field, making polarization reversal possible. The delayed pyroelectric signal is a measure of polarization reversal within the patch illuminated and its observed variation over the surface yields information of the domain structure.     

Spin drift velocity, polarization, and current-driven domain-wall motion in (Ga,Mn)(As,P)

Current-driven domain-wall motion is studied in (Ga,Mn)(As,P) ferromagnetic semiconducting tracks with perpendicular anisotropy. A linear steady state flow regime is observed over a large temperature range of the ferromagnetic phase (0.1T(c)相似文献   

Widely tunable amplified spontaneous emission of Pyrromethene-650-doped nematic liquid crystal

We study amplified spontaneous emission of Pyrromethene-650-doped nematic liquid crystal deposited onto quartz and glass substrates. We prepare samples with different dye-doped concentrations pumped with a Nd:YAG laser at 532 nm. With an applied electric field, a tuning range of the amplified spontaneous emission of more than 20 nm was realized in each sample due to changing the effective refractive index of the nematic-liquid-crystal layer caused by the reorientation of nematic-liquid-crystal molecules. We show that there exist a threshold voltage and a saturation voltage for all the samples. With the increase in the dye-doped concentration, the peak wavelength of the amplified spontaneous emission has a red shift of about several nanometers.     

自发极化强度对VFLC电光迟滞曲线影响的电路级模拟

提出了关于V字型铁电液晶(V-shaped Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal,VFLC)的等效电路模型,旨在将EDA技术引入对VFLC光电集成系统进行研究、开发和设计。该模型考虑了由铁电液晶盒多层结构和驱动电路引起的阻抗分配效应,以及极化与非极化锚定能对VFLC光电响应特性的影响。演示了电光迟滞曲线的反常迟滞、V字型及正常迟滞状态,并着重就自发极化强度对电光迟滞曲线的影响给出了模拟结果和分析。结果表明:强制电压随驱动信号频率的提高而增加,但增加速度随自发极化强度的提高而减慢;强制电压和迟滞反转频率随自发极化强度的变化均存在一个拐点,强制电压在自发极化强度为80nC/cm2时取到最小值(-0.084V),迟滞反转频率在自发极化强度为90nC/cm2时达到最大值(6.4Hz);自发极化强度小于80nC/cm2时,迟滞反转频率随自发极化强度准线性增加。模拟结果从量级和趋势上均与实验结果吻合。     

Terahertz polarization splitter based on an asymmetric dual-core photonic crystal fiber

By employing the liquid crystal refractive index changes induced by applied electric field, a novel terahertz polarization splitter with tunable the operating frequency and bandwidths has been proposed and theoretically analyzed. It possesses an extinction ratio as high as the polarization splitters based on the two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides. These distinguished features ensure its important applications in the integrated optical systems.     

Plasmon electro-optic effect in a subwavelength metallic nanograting with a nematic liquid crystal

The electro-optic effect in hybrid structures based on subwavelength metallic nanogratings in contact with a layer of a nematic liquid crystal has been experimentally studied. Metallic gratings are fabricated in the form of interdigitated electrodes, which makes it possible to use them not only as optical elements but also for the production of an electric field in a thin surface region of the layer of the liquid crystal. It has been shown that, owing to the electric-field-induced reorientation of molecules of the liquid crystal near the surface of the grating, it is possible to significantly control the spectral features of the transmission of light, which are caused by the excitation of surface plasmons. The electro-optic effect is superfast for liquid crystal devices because a change in the optical properties of the system requires the reorientation of molecules only in a very thin surface layer of the liquid crystal.     

Temperature-induced orientational transition of nematics on the surface of a ferroelectric crystal

A temperature-induced orientational transition is investigated in a mixture of nematic liquid crystals on the surface of a cleavage of a ferroelectric triglycine sulfate crystal. The transition has been observed by the variation of the polarized absorbance components of a dye introduced into the nematic matrix with increasing temperature. The reorientation of molecules in the liquid crystal volume confined by solid walls is due to competition between dispersion and polar forces at the surface and the decrease in the electric field of the substrate up to its complete disappearance at the ferroelectric Curie point.     

平行排列丝状液晶在超短脉冲激光激励下发生瞬态扭曲形变的最佳偏振角

利用光学相位延迟法，观察到平行排列丝状液晶在超短脉冲激光（10ns）激励下的瞬态扭曲形变.实验结果表明，虽然脉冲激光的电场强度远远大于液晶发生扭曲形变的阈值，但并不能保证液晶会发生瞬态扭曲形变.这主要是因为脉冲激光的激励时间非常短，而液晶分子发生扭曲形变的响应时间相对较长，从而使其来不及形变.分析发现：激励激光的偏振方向与平行排列丝状液晶分子的最佳夹角是45°.利用此条件，观察到掺微量D型苏氨酸卟啉的平行排列丝状液晶在超短脉冲激光激励后具有记忆效应，这在光存储和记忆显示方面有很大的实用价值.     

紫外激光诱导近化学计量比钽酸锂晶体铁电畴反转

对紫外激光诱导近化学计量比钽酸锂晶体铁电畴反转进行了实验研究。波长为351 nm的连续紫外激光被聚焦在近化学计量比钽酸锂晶体的-z表面,同时沿与晶体自发极化相反的方向施加均匀外电场。实验证实紫外激光辐照可以有效地降低晶体畴反转所需的矫顽电场,采用数字全息干涉测量技术检测证实在激光辐照区域实现局域畴反转。研究表明采用紫外激光诱导可以实现对近化学计量比钽酸锂晶体铁电畴反转的局域控制。提出了物理机理的理论分析,认为外电场和激光辐照场的共同作用在晶体内部产生高浓度、大尺寸的缺陷结构,缺陷一定程度上降低畴体成核和畴壁运动所需要克服的退极化能和畴壁能,实现激光诱导畴反转。     

Light propagation in periodic photonic structures formed by photo-orientation and photo-polymerization of nematic liquid crystals

Propagation of linearly polarized light beams in a nematic liquid crystal cell with distinguished regions of different molecular orientation has been analyzed. Specifically, combination of the planar/homogenic and homeotropic alignment, forming thus spatially limited regions characterized by a different LC molecular orientation, has been tested, as achieved by means of the photo-orientation and photo-polymerization processes, independently. An influence of molecular orientation on the light beam propagation has been checked for different directions of the linear polarization. Thanks to the molecular reorientation induced by the low frequency external electric field and also to the reorientational nonlinearity taking place in NLCs, propagation direction of the light beam can be additionally controlled by the electric bias and/or optical power, respectively. Proposed structural solutions and techniques, related to the photo-orientation and photo-polymerization processes described in this communication, give rise to the novel LC geometries and structures. The latter act as promising candidates for new practical photonic applications as they are expected to be of a particular importance for integrated optic elements and devices.     

Effective frequency-dependent anchoring coefficient and rotational viscosity of nematic liquid crystals

The effective rotational viscosity and polar anchoring coefficient of a nematic liquid crystal were determined using electro-optical response by changing the frequency of the electric field in the kilohertz range. Both quantities monotonically decreased with an increase in the frequency and converged to a certain value at several tens of kilohertz. The effective rotational viscosity changes more than the order of magnitude in experimental range. On the other hand, the effective value of anchoring coefficient changes several times. We tried to explain the trends with the effect of an electric field induced by the motion of ionic impurity in liquid crystal.     

Transformation of cholesteric orientational structures and optical textures induced by the electric field–driven ionic modification of surface anchoring

The reorientation of a cholesteric liquid crystal with a large helical pitch induced by the electric field–driven modification of surface anchoring is investigated. In the initial state, the liquid crystal cell has a homeotropic alignment of the director. An applied dc electric field produced a twisted homeoplanar structure of the cholesteric.     

Domain Motion in Confined Liquid Crystals

We extend a lattice Boltzmann algorithm of liquid crystal hydrodynamics to include an applied electric field. The approach solves the equations of motion written in terms of a tensor order parameter. Back-flow effects and the hydrodynamics of topological defects are included. We investigate some of the dynamics relevant to liquid crystal devices; in particular defect-mediated motion of domain walls relevant to the nucleation of states useful in pi-cells. An anisotropy in the domain wall velocity is seen because defects of different topology couple differently to the flow field.     

Investigation of the influence of external electric field on the anisotropy of nematic liquid crystals by X-Ray interferometry

The influence of external electric field on the anisotropy of a layer of nematic liquid crystal (NLC) was investigated by means of X-Ray interferometric method. It was shown that in Xray range of the spectrum NLC E7 is a positive anisotropic medium. The decrements of a layer of NLC subjected to the electric field were calculated. As a result of reorientation of NLC molecules perpendicular to the cell substrate, the decrements prove equal for cases when the optical axis of a sample was initially perpendicular or parallel to the X-ray beam polarization vector.     

Sign of nuclear electric quadrupole coupling constants in solids fromγ-ray anisotropy measurements after capture of polarized neutrons

An experimental method is presented which allows the determination of the sign of nuclear electric quadrupole interactions in solids. Activated target nuclei with a purely dipolar spin polarization are produced by capture of polarized thermal neutrons. The quadrupole coupling of the nuclei to the electric field gradient tensor in the target crystal converts this (dipolar) polarization partly into a (quadrupolar) alignment, which can be measured by the anisotropy of the-ray emission in a succeeding nuclear transition. The sign of the alignment created in this reorientation process depends on the sign of the electric quadrupole interaction. The reorientation effect can be enhanced by selective induction of nuclear magnetic resonance transitions. The method has been applied to measure the sign of the crystal electric field gradient (efg) in tetragonal MgF₂. Further, the sign of an efg in cubic CaF₂ originating from a¹⁹F interstitial adjacent to the activated²⁰F probe nucleus has been determined. The method is in principle applicable to a considerable number of nuclides.     

Frequency dependence of the amplitude of domain-wall oscillations in an acoustic wave field

The velocity of oscillatory motion of domain walls is investigated as a function of the parameters of a magnetic material and an external acoustic field. The dependence of the amplitude of domain-wall oscillations on the frequency of an external acoustic wave is determined. It is found that this dependence exhibits a resonant behavior.     

The initial stage in the nonlinear motion of a domain wall in garnet films

A study of the domain-wall motion in single-crystal garnet films of the YBiFeGa system with a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, activated by a constant in-plane bias field H _p parallel to the wall plane and a pulsed drive field H _g of an amplitude corresponding to the nonlinear region of the domain-wall velocity vs. the H _g relation is reported. The earlier data suggesting the existence of an initial phase of motion, where the wall is accelerated to a high instantaneous velocity, have been confirmed. The wall behavior in the initial phase has been shown to be affected by the field H _p and the drive-field pulse rise time. A possible mechanism of the wall structure transformation after the application of the H _g pulse is considered. It has been established that the dependence of the wall velocity on H _p in the saturation region disagrees with theory.