液晶热图象温度检测

液晶作为较低(250℃以下)温度检测的一种材料很有应用价值.本文主要对胆甾型液晶的彩色热图象显示原理和有关应用技术,作一简单介绍. 已知的液晶都是有机化合物,它是处于固相和液相之间的一个中间相——液晶相.液晶具有液体的流动性,不能承受切应力,可形成液滴.液晶分子在液晶中无位置长程有序性,但它又具有晶体的某些特性,如分子取向有序性和宏观的折射率、介电常数、电阻率、磁化率等的各向异性.这些各向异性来自液晶分子本身的几何各向异性,有长棒形,板条形或盘形.液晶大体可分为热致液晶和溶致液晶两大类. 热致液晶大体分为丝状液晶或向…     

相位延迟法平行排列丝状液晶在静磁场中扭曲效应研究

对平行排列5CB（4′-n-penty1-4-cyanobinpheny1)丝状液晶在静磁场中扭曲变形做了严格的数值解,给出了严格分布情况;利用光学“4*4”矩阵算法,计算了线偏振光在严格分布下的传输情况;在实验方面,应用光学相位延迟法对平行排列5CB丝状液晶在静磁场中（温度27℃）线偏振光的通过情况进行了测量.理论计算和实验结果说明在非长螺距近似条件下可用线偏振光对平行排列丝状液晶的物理性质进行实验研究.     

掺杂对液晶磁场弗里德里克斯转变影响的探讨

采用相位延迟法，通过对分别掺入微量卟啉类物质、纤维蛋白质和双偶氮苯沿面排列5CB液晶磁场弗里德里克斯转变的实验和数值计算，从实验和原理上探讨了微量掺杂对沿面排列5CB液晶磁场弗里德里克斯转变的影响.数值计算结果与实验相符，呈现两种转变过程.研究表明，掺杂物的磁学性质不同、分子的形状和大小不同对液晶弗里德里克斯转变和弗里德里克斯转变阈值的影响不同.进一步的掺杂2-benzothiazolethiol-linked porphyrinatozinc(Ⅱ)实验说明了这种情况. 关键词： 液晶 掺杂 弗里德里克斯转变     

横向剪切干涉法共路测量LCSLM的相位调制特性

提出一种测量扭曲向列液晶空间光调制器的相位调制特性的新方法——横向剪切干涉法.对经扭曲向列液晶空间光调制器调制后的待测波面进行横向剪切干涉,用CCD记录其干涉图样,并用最小能量算法计算其波面的相位分布,从而测得扭曲向列液晶空间光调制器的相位调制曲线.该方法对振动、空气扰动不敏感,对测量环境要求不高.给出了TN-LCSLM不同调制状态下相位调制幅度的三维轮廓图.     

向列相液晶在电场作用下的第一类弗雷德里克兹转变

针对向列相液晶，从自由能的角度出发，分弹性形变和电场作用两个部分，在理论上分析了其在电场作用下的第一类弗雷德里克兹转变，得到了阈值电场与液晶材料物理性质之间的关系，并与磁场作用下的第一类弗雷德里克兹转变进行了比较。阈值电压的结论可用于测定液晶材料的展曲弹性系数。     

用偏光干涉法动态测量扭曲向列型液晶指向矢

提出一种基于双折射晶体劈的偏振态实时测量方法,并将该方法用于扭曲向列型液晶透射光的偏振态分析,实现了液晶分子平均指向矢的动态测量.利用基于晶体劈的偏光干涉法将待测光的偏振参量编码为两组干涉条纹,通过对干涉条纹定位实现偏振态的实时测量;再根据液晶指向矢的倾角、扭转角与透射光偏振态之间的关系,推算出液晶分子平均指向矢的动态信息.本实验测量液晶指向矢的速度为每秒5次,液晶平均指向矢的倾角、扭转角的测量准确度达到0.2°.本文研究为液晶分子平均指向矢的动态测量提供了一种有效途径.     

液晶空间光调制器的调制特性测量

分析了液晶空间光调制器LC2002的工作原理,测量了振幅调制特性和最佳相位调制特性曲线.对经扭曲向列液晶空间光调制后的待测波面进行横向剪切干涉,用CCD记录其干涉图样,采用一维图像分析法得到最大相位调制为0.837π.实验证明液晶空间光调制器可以很好地进行相位调制.     

液晶双折射Δn的测量

描述了一种简便、精确测量液晶的双折射Δn 值的方法。种这方法既可以用于测量其分离波长的值,又可以测量其连续波长(紫外、可见光或红外光谱区)的函数值。该方法根据单色线偏振光在折射率各向异性媒质中传播时产生相位差这一原理,给出两种液晶材料 E7和 TEB30的测量结果。     

超导腔的热击穿和超导铌材料RRR值的无损测量

介绍超导腔热击穿原理 ;讨论了超导体热击穿磁场与超导材料 RRR值之间的定量关系 ;同时介绍一种非常实用的超导腔体 RRR值的测量方法涡流法无损测量原理及其实现方法 ;最后给出了国内外两种典型超导铌材料 RRR值的比较测量结果     

扭转丝状液晶电光效应及电场响应的研究

在研究扭转丝状液晶电光曲线的基础上,通过测量TN型液晶的电场响应时间和驱动电场频率响应,提出了一种新的求解TN型液晶临界电压的方法,该方法可应用于精确测量液晶材料的某些基本特性参数．     

An azo-isomerization-induced Freedericksz transition of a nematic liquid crystal

We observed an azo-isomerization-induced Freedericksz transition of the 5CB liquid crystal doped with 1% double-azo. In experiment, we found that the Freedericksz transition threshold occurred at optical intensity level of 0.3 mW/mm² for the 12.5 μm-thickness planar alignment doped 5CB, which is four orders of magnitude lower as that for the pure 5CB. Using optical phase retardation, we measured the relations between the Freedericksz transition threshold and the pump beam polarization. The maximum twist angle of liquid crystal molecules under different pump beam intensity is given. The experiment indicated that trans–cis isomerization plays an important role in the decrease of the Freedericksz transition threshold.     

Measurement of elastic constants of nematic liquid crystals with use of hybrid in-plane-switched cell

A new method for quick and pretty accurate measurements of splay, twist and bend elastic constants of nematic liquid crystals is experimentally verified. The main concept relies on exploiting only the electric field and determining magnitudes of nematic elastic constants from threshold fields for Freedericksz transitions in only one hybrid in-plane-switched cell. In such cell the deformations of an investigated liquid crystal are controlled by three separated pairs of electrodes confining measurement domains. In two of them inter-digital electrodes are mounted on one cell cover. Splay, twist and bend elastic constants can be measured by a proper choice of electrodes?? configuration together with orienting cover coatings (without applying magnetic fields). In this paper, we describe layout of our cells and results of experimental tests by using different liquid crystals: 5CB and 6CHBT (with positive dielectric anisotropy), Demus?? esters (with negative dielectric anisotropy) and new liquid crystals mixtures produced in our university.     

Influence of the segregation effect on the magnetic and optical properties of a compensated ferronematic liquid crystal

The Freedericksz transition in splay and bend geometry in a ferronematic (a suspension of single-domain magnetic particles in a nematic liquid crystal) is considered in the framework of the continuum theory. In zero magnetic field, the ferronematic was assumed to be compensated (i.e., having equal fractions of an impurity with magnetic moments directed parallel and antiparallel to the local director). Spatial distortions of the director and the concentration redistribution of the magnetic impurity in the ferronematic layer are studied as functions of the applied magnetic field and the segregation parameter. It is shown that the magnetic-field induced Freedericksz transition from the homogeneous to the inhomogeneous state has a threshold nature. The transition field as a function of the material parameters of the ferronematic is determined analytically. Magnetization of the ferronematic and its optical properties for a strong and weak segregation as functions of the magnetic field are studied.     

Equilibrium structures of planar nematic and cholesteric films in electric fields

Liquid crystal layers subjected to an electric or a magnetic field can have several types of instabilities. This paper reviews recent theoretical studies concerning equilibrium structures of planar layers.

Using the Oseen-Frank elasticity theory, the Freedericksz transition and the transition to static periodic domains of planar nematic and cholesteric films are reconsidered. A perturbation treatment of nonlinear torque balance equations for the director is suitable to derive amplitude equations for the film distortions under the action of a field and to predict the topological features of phase diagrams for equilibrium states. The competition between the Freedericksz effect and the formation of periodic distortions is studied varying material and geometrical parameters. Some results are useful to optimize cholesteric mixtures for application in display devices in such a manner, that the occurrence of periodic domains is avoided.     

Orientational transitions in antiferromagnetic liquid crystals

The orientational phases in an antiferromagnetic liquid crystal (ferronematic) based on the nematic liquid crystal with the negative anisotropy of diamagnetic susceptibility are studied in the framework of the continuum theory. The ferronematic was assumed to be compensated; i.e., in zero field, impurity ferroparticles with the magnetic moments directed parallel and antiparallel to the director are equiprobably distributed in it. It is established that under the action of a magnetic field the ferronematic undergoes orientational transitions compensated (antiferromagnetic) phase–non-uniform phase–saturation (ferrimagnetic) phase. The analytical expressions for threshold fields of the transitions as functions of material parameters are obtained. It is shown that with increasing magnetic impurity segregation parameter, the threshold fields of the transitions significantly decrease. The bifurcation diagram of the ferronematic orientational phases is built in terms of the energy of anchoring of magnetic particles with the liquid-crystal matrix and magnetic field. It is established that the Freedericksz transition is the second-order phase transition, while the transition to the saturation state can be second- or first-order. In the latter case, the suspension exhibits orientational bistability. The orientational and magnetooptical properties of the ferronematic in different applied magnetic fields are studied.     

A computational approach to the optical Freedericksz transition

The optical Freedericksz transition in a homeotropic nematic liquid crystal cell is modeled using a solver which combines direct solution of Maxwell’s equations with a relaxation algorithm for the liquid crystal director. We find that even in the equal elastic constant case the continuous optical Freedericksz transition can be driven first order. For films in which the optical retardation of the extraordinary wave is sufficiently large, a whole set of discontinuous jumps in transmission coefficient can occur. These jumps correspond to the existence of optical resonances in the liquid crystal film. Our results agree in the short wavelength limit with paraxial approximation calculations, and provide a strong test of the FDTD method for anisotropic materials such as liquid crystals.     

可调谐液晶红外滤光片的光学特性分析

可调谐红外滤光片是高分辨率红外成像仪谱段识别和分光的重要光学器件。采用琼斯矩阵方法对平行向列相和90°扭曲向列相液晶法-珀红外滤光片的本征偏振态及光学特性进行了研究。结果表明,当非偏振光垂直入射时,平行向列相液晶法-珀滤光片在任何电压下两组本征偏振态均不发生模式混合,具有偏振敏感性;90°扭曲向列相液晶法-珀滤光片在电压较低时具有偏振敏感性,当电压大于三倍Freedericksz阈值电压时,两组本征偏振态发生模式混合,偏振敏感性消除。     

Study of light-induced reorientation of the nematic liquid crystal director by birefringence dynamics

It is proposed to apply the birefringence method to measure the threshold of the light-induced Freedericksz transition and the nonlinearity enhancement factor of nematic liquid crystals by director relaxation dynamics in the light field. A birefringence change is recorded by interference of ordinary and extraordinary components of the light beamaffecting the liquid crystal director orientation. The Freedericksz transition thresholds and nonlinearity enhancement factors are measured for the samples doped with comb-shaped polymers with various degrees of polymerization. The determined thresholds are in agreement with the results obtained by the aberrational self-action method.     

Local measurement of the zenithal anchoring strength

We present an electro-optic method for measuring the zenithal anchoring strength of nematic liquid crystals, based on the determination of the distortion produced by a small electric field. This method yields the zenithal anchoring strength at small applied torques, and remarkably, only needs local measurements (optical path difference versus applied voltage, sample thickness), in contrast to the classical methods that use measurements integrated over the entire sample. We determine the zenithal anchoring strength for two nematic liquid crystals (5 CB and 5 OCB) with positive dielectric anisotropy, onto poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) treated surfaces, that yield planar liquid crystal cells. We find that the anchoring at the PTFE-5 CB interface is strong, with an extrapolation length approximately 30 nm, and independent of temperature far enough from the isotropic transition. We observe a pretransitional weakening of the anchoring strength near the nematic-isotropic transition, due to the reduction of the orientational order parameter at the interface. With 5 OCB, we measure a stronger anchoring, with an extrapolation length approximately 15 nm. This result may be explained by the increase of the van der Waals interactions between the liquid crystal molecules and the surface, due to the presence of the oxygen atom.