Title :
Large birefringence liquid crystal in terahertz range with temperature tuning
Author :
Yu, Chu ; Urszula, Chodorow ; Parrott, Edward P. J. ; Parka, J. ; Herman, Jakub ; Chigrinov, Vladimir G. ; Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
We report the terahertz spectrum of a high birefringence liquid crystalline mixture 2002 from 0.2 to 1.6 THz, using terahertz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS). Furthermore, the phase transition from nematic to isotropic phases was observed using temperature-dependent THz-TDS.
Keywords :
birefringence; nematic liquid crystals; terahertz spectroscopy; THz-TDS; frequency 0.2 THz to 1.6 THz; isotropic; large birefringence liquid crystal; nematic liquid crystals; temperature tuning; terahertz time domain spectroscopy; Biomedical measurement; Biomedical optical imaging; Heating; Optical devices; Optical refraction; Performance evaluation; Tuning;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mainz
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665410
