Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.375, 501-510, 2002
Extinction of light by PDLC film with oriented ellipsoidal nematic droplets: Theoretical study
Extinction efficiency factor of bipolar oblate and prolate ellipsoidal droplets in discrete dipole approximation has been investigated. It has been shown that maximum contrast ratio is achieved for a film with elongated ellipsoidal droplets aligned normally to the film surface.
Keywords:liquid crystal dispersions;contrast ratio