Analysis on the birefringence property of lyotropic liquid crystals below Krafft temperature

• Main Authors: Ranjini, Radhakrishnan, Matham, Murukeshan Vadakke, Nguyen, Nam-Trung
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97899; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7773
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The effect of lyotropic liquid crystalline material, below Krafft temperature, in changing the polarization of the optical beam has been demonstrated. It is found that the lamella structures formed in the material below Krafft temperature are birefringent and this birefringence can be controlled by...