High-tilt, high-PS, de Vries FLCs for analog electro-optic phase modulation

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 343, Issue 1 PART 1, 2006, Pages 201-207

  O'Callaghan, Michael J ^a   Wand, Michael ^a   Walker, Chris ^a   Thurmes, William ^a   More, Kundalika ^a  

^a Displaytech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

analog switching; de Vries; ferroelectric; phase modulation; V shaped switching

Indexed keywords

ANALOG SWITCHING; CHARGE CONTROL; DE VRIES; ELECTRO-OPTIC PHASE; ELECTROOPTIC PHASE MODULATOR; FERROELECTRIC; FERROELECTRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL MIXTURE; LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUNDS; SHARP INCREASE; SMECTIC LAYERS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; V-SHAPED SWITCHING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS;

CRYSTALS; GERMANIUM; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MIXTURES; PHASE MODULATION; SWITCHING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 77349092770     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190600962465     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (14)

1. M. J. O'Callaghan, Switching dynamics and surface forces in thresholdless "V-shaped" switching ferroelectric liquid crystals, Phys. Rev. E 67, 011710 (2003).
2. M. Copic, J. E. Maclennan, and N. A. Clark, Structure and dynamics of ferroelectric liquid crystal cells exhibiting thresholdless switching, Phys. Rev. E 65, 021708 (2002).
3. D. Coleman, D. Mueller, N. A. Clark, J. E. Maclennan, R.-F. Shao, S. Bardon, and D. M. Walba, Control of molecular orienation in electrostatically stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91(17), 175505 (2003).
4. * liquid crystals give V-shaped electro-optic response, J. Mater. Chem. 9, 1257-1261 (1999).
5. S. Inui, N. Iimura, T. Suzuki, H. Iwane, K. Miyachi, Y. Takanishi, and A. Fukuda, Thresholdless antiferroelectricity in liquid crystals and its applications to displays, J. Mater. Chem. 6(4), 671-673 (1996).
6. T. G. San-Seong Seomun, Yoichi Takanishi, Ken Ishikawa, Hideo Takezoe and Atsuo Fukuda, Bulk optical properties in binary mixtures of antiferroelectric liquid crystal compounds showing V-shaped switching, Liquid Crystals 26(2), 151-161 (1999).
7. T. Matsumoto, A. Fukuda, M. Johno, Y. Motoyama, T. Yui, S.-S. Seomun, and M. Yamashita, A novel property caused by frustration between ferroelectricity and antiferroelectricity and its application to liquid crystal displays-Frustration and V-shaped switching. J. Mater. Chem. 9, 2051-2080 (1999).
8. L. M. Blinov, E. P. Pozhidaev, F. V. Podgornov, S. A. Pikin, S. P. Palto, A. Sinha, A. Yasuda, S. Hashimoto, and W. Haase, "Thresholdless" hysteresis-free switching as an apparent phenomenon of surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal cells. Phys. Rev. E 66, 021701 (2002).
9. A. Sinha, R. Dabrowski, and W. Haase, V-Shaped switching in multi-component systems, Ferroelectrics 282, 229-238 (2003).
10. A. J. de Vries, Experimental evidence concerning two different kinds of smectic C to smectic A transitions, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 41, 27-31 (1997).
11. M. J. O'Callaghan, M. D. Wand, C. M. Walker, and M. Nakata, Charge controlled, fixed optic axis analog ("v-shaped") switching of a bent-core ferroelectric liquid crystal, Applied Physics Letters 85(26), 6344-6346 (2004).
12. K. D'havé, A. Dahlgren, P. Rudquist, J. P. F. Lagerwall, G. Andersson, M. Matuszczyk, S. T. Lagerwall, R. Dabrowski, and W. Drzewinski, Antiferroelectric liquid crystals with 45° tilt-a new class of promising electro-optic materials. in 7th International Conference on Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. Darmstadt: Ferroelectrics (2000).
13. * phases. Appl. Phys. Lett. 80(22), 4097-4099 (2002).
14. N. Vaupotic and M. Copic, Effect of spontaneous polarization and polar surface anchoring on the director and layer structure in surface-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal cells, Phys. Rev. E 68, 061705 (2003).