Influence of the Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals on the Spontaneous Polarization Reorientation Photorefractive Effect

Sasaki, Takeo; Katsuragi, Atsushi; Mochizuki, Oki; Nakazawa, Yukihito

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“…[7][8][9][10][11][12][13] FLCs exhibit a chiral smectic C phase (SmC*) that possesses a helical structure. [14] When the FLC is sandwiched between glass plates to form a film of few micrometers thick, the helical structure uncoils and a surface-stabilized state (SS-state) is formed in which spontaneous polarization (Ps) appears.…”

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Formation of Dynamic Hologram in Photorefractive Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

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Ikegami

Naka

2012

J. Photopol. Sci. Technol.

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Formation of Dynamic Hologram in Photorefractive Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

Sasaki

Ikegami

Naka

2012

J. Photopol. Sci. Technol.

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“…The concentrations of CDH and TNF were 2 wt% and 0.1 wt% respectively. The samples were injected into a 10-μm-gap glass cell equipped with 1 cm Advances in Ferroelectrics Figure 10 shows a typical example of asymmetric energy exchange observed in the FLC(SCE8)/CDH/TNF sample under an applied DC electric field of 0.1 V/μm [12]. The interference of the divided beams in the sample resulted in the increased transmittance of one beam and the decreased transmittance of the other.…”

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“…Thus, a refractive index grating (or hologram) is formed. One material class that exhibits high photorefractivity is that of glassy photoconductive polymers doped with high concentrations of D-π-A chromophores, in which donor and acceptor groups are attached to a π- Ferroelectric liquid crystals are expected to be used as high performance photorefractive materials [11][12][13]. A photorefractive ferroelectric liquid crystal with a fast response of 5 ms has been reported [14].…”

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Photorefractive Effect in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

Sasaki¹

2012

Advances in Ferroelectrics

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“…39 All the FLCs listed in Table I exhibited finely aligned SS-states when they were not mixed with CDH and TNF. Figure 19 shows typical examples of textures observed in the 017/000, M4851/050 and SCE8 FLCs.…”

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Photorefractive Effect of Liquid Crystalline Materials

Sasaki

2005

Polym J

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ABSTRACT:This paper reviews our recent work on the photorefractive effect in liquid crystalline materials. The photorefractive effect is defined as the optical modulation of the refractive index of a medium as a result of various processes. The interference of two laser beams in a photorefractive material establishes a refractive index grating. This phenomenon enables the creation of different types of photonic applications. Recently, the development of organic photorefractive materials has been attracting great interest. Liquid crystalline materials are a strong candidate for practical photorefractive materials and application. In this paper, the photorefractivity of liquid crystalline polymers and ferroelectric liquid crystals is described. [DOI 10.1295 The photorefractive effect is a phenomenon wherein a change in the refractive index of a material is induced by the absorption of light. The change in refractive index through the photorefractive effect occurs only within the interference fringes of incident laser beams. When laser beams interfere in a photorefractive material, charge separation occurs between the light and the dark positions of the interference fringes. A space-charge field, an internal electric field, develops at the areas between the light and the dark positions. The refractive index of the corresponding areas is changed through an electro-optic effect. Thus, a refractive index grating is formed at the interference fringes.Dynamic volume-holograms are easily formed through the photorefractive effect, and this has direct applicability in photonics, including optical image processing, parallel optical logic, fringe recognition, and phase conjugation. The photorefractive effect was first observed in the inorganic crystal lithium niobate in 1967.1 It was also subsequently observed in an organic material in 1990.2 Several reviews on the development of photorefractive materials have been published. [3][4][5][6][7] The photorefractive effect has been reported in several organic materials since 1990, such as glassy polymers, [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] low-molecular-weight nematic liquid crystals, 24-28 liquid crystalline polymers, [29][30][31][32][33][34][35] ferroelectric liquid crystals, 36-42 polymer/liquid crystal composites 43-55 and amorphous compounds, 56,57 and extremely high photorefractivity values have been achieved in organic polymeric materials. The high photorefractivity in polymeric materials arises from changes in the orientations of the chromophores induced by the internal electric field, termed orientational enhancement. 4,15,17 The photorefractive efficiency of organic materials is several times that of inorganic photorefractive crystals. In addition, organic polymers can easily be processed into films and fibers. This is a significant advantage for applications in photonics.

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Influence of the Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals on the Spontaneous Polarization Reorientation Photorefractive Effect

Cited by 23 publications

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