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Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (266)
Abstract

The photoinduced optical anisotropy of an azo dye-doped polyvinylalcohol film has been utilized for controlling the azimuthal alignment of a liquid crystal. The dynamic behaviors of the optical transmission of the film and of a liquid crystal layer aligned on the film are studied using linearly polarized pumping (Ar+ laser) and probing (He-Ne laser) beams. The results show that the azo dye-doped polyvinylalcohol film memorizes the information on the polarization direction of the exciting laser beam and the resulting anisotropy induced in the film causes adjacent liquid crystal molecules on the film to rotate azimuthally.

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Iimura, Y., Kusano, J., Kobayashi, S., Aoyagi, Y., & Sugano, T. (1993). Alignment Control of a Liquid Crystal on a Photosensitive Polyvinylalcohol Film. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 32(1A), L93.

Authors 5
  1. Yasufumi Iimura (first)
  2. Jun-ichi Kusano (additional)
  3. Shunsuke Kobayashi (additional)
  4. Yoshinobu Aoyagi (additional)
  5. Takuo Sugano (additional)
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Created 20 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 22, 2005, 9:16 p.m.)
Deposited 2 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 6, 2022, 5:49 p.m.)
Indexed 6 months, 1 week ago (Feb. 21, 2025, 5:34 a.m.)
Issued 32 years, 8 months ago (Jan. 1, 1993)
Published 32 years, 8 months ago (Jan. 1, 1993)
Published Print 32 years, 8 months ago (Jan. 1, 1993)
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@article{Iimura_1993, title={Alignment Control of a Liquid Crystal on a Photosensitive Polyvinylalcohol Film}, volume={32}, ISSN={1347-4065}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/jjap.32.l93}, DOI={10.1143/jjap.32.l93}, number={1A}, journal={Japanese Journal of Applied Physics}, publisher={IOP Publishing}, author={Iimura, Yasufumi and Kusano, Jun-ichi and Kobayashi, Shunsuke and Aoyagi, Yoshinobu and Sugano, Takuo}, year={1993}, month=jan, pages={L93} }