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Monodomain Film Formation and Lasing in Dye-Doped Polymer Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

Authors :
Myoung Hoon Song
Takaaki Nagata
Takehiro Toyooka
Suzushi Nishimura
Junji Watanabe
Yuko Tsunoda
Fumito Araoka
Ki-Chul Shin
Hideo Takezoe
Takashi Ohta
Ken Ishkawa
Yoichi Takanishi
Source :
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 43:6142
Publication Year :
2004
Publisher :
IOP Publishing, 2004.

Abstract

We have succeeded in fabricating monodomain polymer cholesteric liquid crystal (PCLC) films by spin coating a polymer solution onto glass substrates with polyimide coated and rubbed unidirectionally. The thickness and helical pitch were well characterized by controlling the rotational speed of the spin coater and the chiral unit content of the polymer solution, respectively. Lasing from dye-doped PCLC films utilizing the photonic structure was confirmed.

Details

ISSN :
13474065 and 00214922
Volume :
43
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........182118211c555415f4178b815bf02476
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.43.6142