Abstract
The effect of different orientations of the optic axis (OA) in the liquid crystal (LC) UCF-1 in two dimensions on the surface plasmon (SP) mode excited along the surface intermediate between a thin silver film and the LC at different temperatures is theoretically studied using the prism coupling technique and a TM-polarized, monochromatic laser with λ = 5890 Å. The shifts in the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) dip angle at different temperatures for varying alignments of the OA in a plane are determined. Changes in the SPR resonance angles with temperature are found to be significant and linear in a major part of the entire anisotropic phase of UCF-1 for the homeotropic orientation. A linear fit is obtained for the variation of SPR angle of resonance with the molecular order parameter over the entire anisotropic range of UCF-1. The effect of deviations of the OA of the LC from the homeotropic orientation in two dimensions on the temperature sensitivity of the SPR angle of resonance in the linear response temperature range is studied, and its influence on the accuracy of measurement by SPR corresponding to a fixed value of the molecular order parameter is investigated.
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