PROBING LIQUID-CRYSTALS NONLINEARLY

Authors
MAROWSKY G LODDOCH M HEINEMANN E KREUZER FH LEIGEBER H TAKEZOE H
Citation
G. Marowsky et al., PROBING LIQUID-CRYSTALS NONLINEARLY, Applied physics A: Materials science & processing, 60(2), 1995, pp. 197-202
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics A: Materials science & processing → ACNP
ISSN journal
09478396
Volume
60
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
197 - 202
Database
ISI
SICI code
0947-8396(1995)60:2<197:PLN>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Optical second-harmonic generation has been used to study the anisotro pic orientation behavior of liquid-crystal siloxane molecules embedded in a nematic and/or ferroelectric host matrix. All of the studied gue st-host systems show an exceedingly high degree of in-plane anisotropy along the direction of the rubbed interior polyimide layer of the sur face-stabilized liquid-crystal sample cell. A longitudinally applied e lectrical field leads to susceptibility components exceeding 1 pm/V fo r a poled sample cell of 5 mu m thickness containing 10% by weight of the siloxane guest in a nematic matrix.