INTERFERENCE PATTERNS OF SCATTERING LIGHT-INDUCED BY ORIENTATIONAL FLUCTUATIONS IN AN ELECTRIC-FIELD-BIASED NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL FILM

Authors
SHEN YR CHEN SH HSU CH LAI YC
Citation
Yr. Shen et al., INTERFERENCE PATTERNS OF SCATTERING LIGHT-INDUCED BY ORIENTATIONAL FLUCTUATIONS IN AN ELECTRIC-FIELD-BIASED NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL FILM, Optics letters, 23(12), 1998, pp. 891-893
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
23
Issue
12
Year of publication
1998
Pages
891 - 893
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1998)23:12<891:IPOSLB>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A new light-scattering phenomenon from a planar aligned nematic liquid -crystal film is observed and studied. This new phenomenon exhibits ri ng patterns in the orthogonal polarization. A simple model based on op tical interference has been developed, and its predictions agree well with experimental observation. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.