najoNanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, MathematicsНаносистемы: физика, химия, математика2220-80542305-7971Университет ИТМО10.17586/22208054201564470478najo-1027Research ArticleСтатьиThe study of the local director orientation in chiral liquid crystalsKraynyukovE. S.

The Faculty of Physics

198504, St. Petersburg, Petrodvorets

bacoom888@gmail.comKaretnikovA. A.

The Faculty of Physics

198504, St. Petersburg, Petrodvorets

akaret@mail.ruKovshikA. P.

The Faculty of Physics

198504, St. Petersburg, Petrodvorets

sashakovshik@yandex.ruRyumtsevE. I.

The Faculty of Physics

198504, St. Petersburg, Petrodvorets

rei39@mail.ruAksyonovaE. V.

The Faculty of Physics

198504, St. Petersburg, Petrodvorets

aksev@mail.ruRomanovV. P.

The Faculty of Physics

198504, St. Petersburg, Petrodvorets

vpromanov@mail.ruSaint Petersburg State UniversityRussian Federation20151608202564470478Copyright © Kraynyukov E.S., Karetnikov A.A., Kovshik A.P., Ryumtsev E.I., Aksyonova E.V., Romanov V.P., 20252025Kraynyukov E.S., Karetnikov A.A., Kovshik A.P., Ryumtsev E.I., Aksyonova E.V., Romanov V.P.Kraynyukov E.S., Karetnikov A.A., Kovshik A.P., Ryumtsev E.I., Aksyonova E.V., Romanov V.P.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://nanojournal.ifmo.ru/jour/article/view/1027

The refraction of an extraordinary light wave in a layer of a chiral liquid crystal with the director rotated 90° has been studied. In this structure, if a light wave is incident on the surface of the liquid crystal at a large angle and the light passes through the whole layer, it refracts at the opposite boundary of the layer. The angular dependence of the light transmission through the liquid crystal layer has been researched. It has been demonstrated that the electric field changed the character of the refraction of the extraordinary wave and the light started to pass through the layer. The threshold voltage of the light transmission has been determined, as well as its dependence on the light incidence angle. The effect dynamics have been studied and the angular dependence of the light transmission decay time has been determined.

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