Phase modulation of light in a two-frequency nematic liquid crystal

Коншина Е.А., Костомаров Д.С. Фазовая модуляция света в двухчастотном нематическом жидком кристалле // Оптический журнал. 2007. Т. 74. № 10. С. 88–90.   Konshina E.A., Kostomarov D.S. Phase modulation of light in a two-frequency nematic liquid crystal [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2007. V. 74. № 10. P. 88–90.

E. A. Konshina and D. S. Kostomarov, "Phase modulation of light in a two-frequency nematic liquid crystal," Journal of Optical Technology. 74 (10), 720-722 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.74.000720

This paper presents original studies of the phase modulation of light by nematic liquid crystals (NLCs) with a sign change of the dielectric anisotropy (Δε) as a function of the frequency of the supplied sinusoidal voltage. The voltage dependences of the phase lag are obtained for a number of frequencies. The threshold voltage of the S effect is experimentally determined, and its frequency dependences are found to have a characteristic maximum that corresponds to the critical frequency at which the sign of Δepsi of the NLC mixture changes. It is shown that, in the frequency interval 100-5000 Hz where Δε>0, the phase lag and the threshold voltage are independent of the frequency of the supplied voltage, but they are affected by the conditions of the anisotropic-elastic interphase interaction associated with the orienting surface.