QC 351 A7 no. 63 / A Jones matrix operator is derived for a liquid crystal in the cholesteric phase for light incident normal to the molecular planes. We also derive a similar operator to include the effect of absorption. It is seen that, in general, the right and left circular polarizations are not the natural eigenstates.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/621666 |
| Date | 15 February 1971 |
| Creators | Marathay, A. S. |
| Publisher | Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona) |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Technical Report |
| Rights | Copyright © Arizona Board of Regents |
| Relation | Optical Sciences Technical Report 63 |
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