Abstract
The basic mechanisms determining the formation of optical anisotropy in stretched, thin polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films with micron sized nematic droplets have been studied experimentally. The experiments were performed on PDLC films with the bipolar nematic director configuration in the droplets, where the film transmittance, microscopic structure, and birefringence the polymer matrix were studied. It is shown that the orientation ordering of bipolar nematic droplets, introducing the main contribution to the ability of stretched PDLC film to polarize the transmitted light, is strongly dependent upon initial droplet shape and the elastic properties of the polymer matrix.
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