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Impact of the concentration in polymer on the dynamic behavior of Polymer Stabilized Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal using Snap-shot Mueller Matrix Polarimetry

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Experimental results are presented related to the dynamic behaviour of Polymer Stabilized Ferro-electric Liquid Crystal (PSFLC) samples under external applied electric field, using Snap-shot Mueller Matrix Polarimetry (SMMP) and Mueller Matrix (MM) formalism. Different polarimetric coefficients are simultaneously extracted from each channeled spectrum measured with this full-optical SMMP technique. The impact of the concentration of polymer present into the liquid crystal cell on this dynamic behaviour is studied, permitting a direct and quick characterisation of the material. The results obtained for PSFLC are compared with those already measured for pure Surface Stabilized Ferro-electric Liquid Crystal (SSFLC) samples, which correspond to a 0% concentration in polymer.

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    Philippe Babilotte, Vinicius N. H. Silva, Matthieu Dubreuil, Sylvain Rivet, Laurent Dupont & Bernard Le Jeune

  2. Laboratoire de Spectroscopie, Optique et Laser, LSOL EA 938, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, 6 Avenue Le Gorgeu, 29238, Brest Cedex 03, France

    Philippe Babilotte, Matthieu Dubreuil, Sylvain Rivet & Bernard Le Jeune

  3. Departement d’Optique, Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom Bretagne, 29238, Brest-Plouzane Cedex, France

    Vinicius N. H. Silva & Laurent Dupont

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Babilotte, P., Silva, V.N.H., Dubreuil, M. et al. Impact of the concentration in polymer on the dynamic behavior of Polymer Stabilized Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal using Snap-shot Mueller Matrix Polarimetry. Eur. Phys. J. E 36, 55 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2013-13055-6

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