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Real Time Analysis of Liquid Crystal Surface Orientation Dynamics Using Polarization Modulated Spectroellipsometry

Toshiyasu Tadokoro, Tomoyuki Fukazawa and Hirokazu Toriumi¹

(Received July 16, 1997; accepted for publication August 7, 1997)

Polarization modulated spectroellipsometry (PMSE) with the time resolution of 1 ms was used to analyze the dynamic response of 4-n-pentyl-4^′-cyanobiphenyl (5CB) liquid crystals. The surface dynamics of 5CB in the vicinity of polyimide orienting layer were isolated using the reflection PMSE. Information about bulk reorientation dynamics was obtained from transmission PMSE experiments. Comparison of the results of two experiments indicates that the surface molecules require a higher electric field for reorientation and decay occurs much faster (3 ms) than the bulk molecules (100 ms). These observations clearly indicate the presence of an anchoring effect and illustrate the advantage of the reflection PMSE for the study of surface reorientation dynamics of liquid crystals.

URL: http://jjap.jsap.jp/link?JJAP/36/L1207/
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.36.L1207

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