Authors

J. Yan; M. Jiao; L. Rao;S. T. Wu

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Express

Keywords

Optics

Abstract

We demonstrate a method to directly measure the electric-fieldinduced birefringence of a polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystal (PS-BPLC) composite. The induced birefringence follows the extended Kerr effect well and is approximately 3X the ordinary refractive index change. The measured data are validated by comparing the simulated and measured voltage-dependent transmittance with an in-plane switching cell. The impact of these results to the material optimization of emerging BPLC displays is discussed.

Journal Title

Optics Express

Volume

18

Issue/Number

11

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

11450

Last Page

11455

WOS Identifier

WOS:000278512300059

ISSN

1094-4087

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