Abstract
We propose a novel method of measuring the cholesteric pitch of a liquid crystal (LC) in a circularly aligned configuration. The LC cell is made with one homogeneously rubbed surface and one circularly rubbed surface so that it produces a disclination line passing through the singularity created by the circular rubbing. This disclination line is associated with two domains with different twist orientations. In such a geometry, the relationship between the angular deviation of the disclination line and the cholesteric pitch is analytically derived. The concept of a homogeneous-circular configuration is adopted to accurately measure the cholesteric pitch of LC in a broad range from 0.5 to 500 μm.
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