Polarization switching behaviours in a polymer-ferroelectric liquid crystal complex 2

Abstract

Polarization switching behaviors in the polymer-ferroelectric liquid crystal complex are investigated in terms of a polymer stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal system. While spontaneous polarization decreases monotonously with increase in the UV curable origomer, both permittivity and optical response time exhibit maxima. Also the dynamic results from a polarization modulated spectroellipsometer suggest that the polymer stabilized effect in this particular system is concerned with not the layer structure stabilization but the stabilization of the polarization structure itself