Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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852211 | Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics | 2010 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The cholesteric liquid crystal can be regarded as a multilayer that consists of many layer uniaxial thin films that exhibit optical rotation. For the convenient discussion of the polarization states of the transmitted wave through a cholesteric liquid crystal, a new 2×2 matrix is given, in which the matrix element is changed into the complex exponential. Here we discuss the treatment process of this method in detail and its role in the investigation of the polarization states. Using this method we easily study the polarization states of the transmitted wave. The calculated results show that the polarization states of wave will be changed when it propagates along the cholesteric liquid crystal.
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Authors
T. Chen, S.M. Feng, J.N. Xie,