Fully-Leaky Guided Mode Studies of Inverse Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal

Abstract

The fully-leaky waveguide technique has been used to explore the director of inverse twisted nematic liquid crystal cell. The reflection data, including all the polarization-conserving signals Rpp and Rss as well as the polarization-conversion signals Rsp and Rps, are recorded under various voltages applied to the cell of 0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, and 7.0V (rms), at a frequency of 1kHz. We found that this technique was sensitive to the director changes, especially for the polarization-conversion signals. Then by fitting angle-dependent reflectivity data to modeling theory, the arrangement of the director and some importance parameters of liquid crystal cell are obtained. It is proved that the reflectivity of fully-leaky waveguide mode can give the imperceptibility change in the cell.