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Robust measurement of flexoelectro-optic switching with different surface alignments

Sandford O'Neill, John J.; Fells, Julian A.J.; Welch, Chris; Mehl, Georg; Yip, Wing C.; Wilkinson, Timothy D.; Booth, Martin J.; Elston, Steve J.; Morris, Stephen M.

Authors

John J. Sandford O'Neill

Julian A.J. Fells

Chris Welch

Wing C. Yip

Timothy D. Wilkinson

Martin J. Booth

Steve J. Elston

Stephen M. Morris



Abstract

The alignment of chiral nematic liquid crystals in the so-called uniform lying helix geometry allows for the observation and exploitation of the flexoelectro-optic effect. However, high-quality uniform lying helix alignment is difficult to achieve reliably, and this can potentially impact the accuracy of the measurements made on the flexoelectro-optic switching behaviour. Here, we show that, using an appropriate method, it is possible to make measurements of the flexo-electric coefficients that are not substantially influenced by the alignment quality.

Citation

Sandford O'Neill, J. J., Fells, J. A., Welch, C., Mehl, G., Yip, W. C., Wilkinson, T. D., …Morris, S. M. (2019). Robust measurement of flexoelectro-optic switching with different surface alignments. Journal of applied physics, 125(9), Article 093104. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5086241

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 29, 2019
Online Publication Date Mar 4, 2019
Publication Date Mar 7, 2019
Deposit Date Mar 6, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of Applied Physics
Print ISSN 0021-8979
Electronic ISSN 1089-7550
Publisher American Institute of Physics
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 125
Issue 9
Article Number 093104
DOI https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5086241
Keywords General Physics and Astronomy
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1357802
Publisher URL https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5086241
Additional Information Received: 2018-12-19; Accepted: 2019-01-29; Published: 2019-03-04

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