Electro-optical Kerr effect of azo-dye-doped liquid crystals using nulled intensity method |
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Authors: | A Maleki Z Mousavi M Rafiee Z Dehghani S Mohajer |
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Institution: | 1. Physics Department, Photonics Laboratory, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran;2. Department of Physics, University of Neyshabur, Neyshabur, Iran |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTThe electro-optical Kerr effect and pre-transition behavior have been investigated for different concentration of dimethyl-aminoazobenzene dye-doped nematic liquid crystal by using the nulled intensity method. Measurement results have showed that the molecular reorientation of liquid crystals induced by photoisomerization of azo dyes come about to increase an amount of Kerr constant at low percentages of dye concentration. Additionally, the results of pre-transition temperature which were obtained by extrapolating the invers Kerr constant as a function of temperature have been found to be in good agreement with predictions of the Landau-De Gennes model. |
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Keywords: | Liquid crystal Kerr effect Azo-dye-doped susceptibility |
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