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액정셀에서 액정분자의 선경사각과 액정층의 두께를 함께 결정하며 측정범위와 정밀도를 높이는 개선된 결정회전법을 고안하고 그 타당성을 실험으로 확인하였다. 이 방법은 종래의 입사각에 따른 편광투과율의 변화를 재는 대신, 직교하는 두 선편광이 액정셀을 지나올 때의 위상차를 재고 그 결과를 바탕으로 액정층의 두께와 선경사각을 결정한다. 아울러 굴절율이 유리기판과 비슷한 액체가 채원진 액체통에 액정셀을 넣고 실험하여 유리판 표면에서의 빛의 반사를 줄이고 액정층에서의 굴절각의 범위를 늘려서 측정의 정밀도를 높였다. 이 방법을 쓰면 액정층의 두께가 10.mu.m보다 적거나 선경사각이 10.deg. 이상인 액정셀에 대해서도 선경사각과 액정층의 두께를 동시에 잴 수 있다.

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An improved crystal rotation method with increased accuracy and range is proposed and experimentally verified for simultaneous measurement of molecular tilt angle and thickness of LC (liquid crystal) layer of an LC cell. The improvement is brought about by direct determination of difference between ...

An improved crystal rotation method with increased accuracy and range is proposed and experimentally verified for simultaneous measurement of molecular tilt angle and thickness of LC (liquid crystal) layer of an LC cell. The improvement is brought about by direct determination of difference between phases instead of intensities of two components of orthogonal linear polarization of the light passing through an LC cell filled with uniformly oriented molecules. By comparing the experimental data with theoretical result the thickness and pretilt angle are determined more precisely. Further improvement is brought about by use of a liquid gate filled with an index matching liquid in which the LC cell is immersed. Because of the index matching liquid reflection of light at the surfaces of an LC cell almost completely disappears and the range of angle of refraction in the LC layer increases significantly, which gives rise to increased signal to noise ration as well as decreased statistical error. With this improvement precise measurement for either very thin (<10 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$) and/or higher pretilt angle($\geq$10$^{\circ}$) LC cells become possible.