In this study, the Kerr constant of pure blue-phase liquid crystal (BPLC) without polymer doping at room temperature and the optoelectronic properties dependent on the cell thickness are explored. The relation between the phase and the voltage in oblique incident light was measured via a reasonable vertical electric field for different thicknesses of BPLC cells. It was found that the Kerr constant formula can be amended with the functions related to the cell gap. This study demonstrates a method to estimate the Kerr constant, especially for cells within a small electrical field, which will benefit optoelectronic applications.
We studied the transformation between the twist state and bend state of a twist-stabilized optical compensated bend (TOCB) nematic liquid crystal cell. The theoretical calculation results show that when driving the TOCB cell, the bend-to-twist transition results in an optical bounce in the optical transmittance. To eliminate the optical bounce, the substrate pretilt angle should be larger than a critical value (26°). The TOCB cell with a critical pretilt angle of about 26° does not require a warm-up voltage, but achieves high transmittance, fast response, and a wide viewing angle.
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