Birefringence dispersion characteristics of nematic liquid crystal tunable phase retarder are measured and analyzed by using the theory of polarized light interference with three different wavelength (405 nm
635 nm
904 nm) lasers at three different temperature condition (25℃
40℃
60℃). And the Cauchy dispersion formulae are obtained by fitting with the data at the three wavelengths and three temperature conditions. It is shown that this method is effective to analysis the nematic liquid crystal birefringence dispersion characteristics. The liquid crystal birefringence at 589 nm and 25℃ is deduced. The birefringence value is 0.268
it only has about 4.28% deviation with the published data (0.257) from the liquid crystal product datasheet. This study provides a new way to character the liquid crystal birefringence
and the results can be used as a reference for the liquid crystal tunable devices design and application.
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