Photo-Induced Orientation of Nematic Liquid Crystals in Microcapillaries |
| M.S. Chychłowskia, S. Ertman a, M.M. Tefelska a, T.R. Woliński a, E. Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki b and O. Yaroshchuk c
aFaculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland bInstitute of Physics, Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland cInstitute of Physics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine |
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| Axial and transversal orientational configurations of a nematic liquid crystal 6CHBT are realized inside glassy cylindrical capillaries by using photoalignment technique. It is demonstrated that this principle can be effectively used to enforce liquid crystal alignment in the desirable direction. It can be applied to control liquid crystal alignment in the photonic crystal fibers showing great potential for the modern telecommunication technologies. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.118.1100 PACS numbers: 42.81.Cn, 42.79.Dj, 42.81.Pa, 42.79.Kr |