Abstract
The depolarization effect of nematic liquid crystal (NLC) cell as a polychromatic depolarizer was discussed in this paper. The
experiments show that the polychromatic linearly polarized light can be depolarized effectively when the angle between the
polarized direction of polychromatic light and the optical axis of NLC is π/4 and the residual degree of polarization were
under 10%. In the case of the variation of the applied voltage, temperature and the rotation angle of the NLC cell, the NLC
cell depolarization was followed..
Keywords
Nematic liquid crystal, Depolarization, Polychromatic light.
Citation
L. YAN, Z. Y. YUAN, L. GUOHUA, The depolarization effect of nematic liquid crystal, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 3, 3, March 2009, pp.215-218 (2009).
Submitted at: Feb. 17, 2009
Accepted at: March 19, 2009