Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-9-1991
Abstract
A novel linear electro-optic effect is observed in a surface-stabilized chiral nematic cell above the Fréedericksz transition threshold field. The slow dynamic response indicates that this effect arises from the interfacial region which elastically couples to the bulk, rather than directly from the bulk. Moreover, evidence suggests that the primary effect is a spontaneous electric polarization very near the interface. Other possible contributions to this effect are discussed.
Publication Title
Physical Review Letters
Rights
©1991 American Physical Society
Recommended Citation
Surface-induced polarization at a chiral-nematic–substrate interface. Tripathi S., Lu M.-H., Terentjev E.M., Petschek R.G., Rosenblatt C., Physical Review Letters 67:24, 3400-3403, 1991. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.3400