Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals Nematics 09.pdfVIP

CHAPTER 7 LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES 7.1 Refractive indices of nematics 7.2 Chiral nematics 7.3 Measurements of the physical properties of nematic liquid crystals by guided wave techniques 7.4 Non-linear optical properties of nematic liquid crystals 7.5 Giant non-linear optical effects in nematic mesophases 7.1 Refractive indices of nematics D.A. Dunmur January 2000 A INTRODUCTION Apart from high strength materials formed from nematic polymer fibres, most applications of nematic liquid crystals depend on their anisotropic optical properties. As a consequence the refractive indice