Department - Author 1
Physics Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Physics
Date
1-2010
Primary Advisor
Karl Saunders
Abstract/Summary
In this paper we investigate the light properties of a chiral liquid crystal or a crystal for which the director angle relative to some fixed axis changes as a function of the crystal depth. Sometimes a dopant can introduce a chirality or "twist" in a nematic liquid crystal. For such cases of non-linear depth dependence (where chirality is determined by a diffusion equation) we may use this research to work backwards from a crystal's light properties to intensity and duration of dopant exposure.
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