Geometric phase and o-mode blueshift in a chiral anisotropic medium inside a Fabry-Pérot cavity

Ivan V. Timofeev, Vladimir A. Gunyakov, Vitaly S. Sutormin, Sergey A. Myslivets, Vasily G. Arkhipkin, Stepan Ya. Vetrov, Wei Lee, and Victor Ya. Zyryanov
Phys. Rev. E 92, 052504 – Published 24 November 2015

Abstract

Anomalous spectral shift of transmission peaks is observed in a Fabry-Pérot cavity filled with a chiral anisotropic medium. The effective refractive index value resides out of the interval between the ordinary and the extraordinary refractive indices. The spectral shift is explained by contribution of a geometric phase. The problem is solved analytically using the approximate Jones matrix method, numerically using the accurate Berreman method, and geometrically using the generalized Mauguin-Poincaré rolling cone method. The o-mode blueshift is measured for a 4-methoxybenzylidene-4n-butylaniline twisted-nematic layer inside the Fabry-Pérot cavity. The twist is electrically induced due to the homeoplanar-twisted configuration transition in an ionic-surfactant-doped liquid crystal layer. Experimental evidence confirms the validity of the theoretical model.

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  • Received 19 September 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.052504

©2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Ivan V. Timofeev1,2,*, Vladimir A. Gunyakov1, Vitaly S. Sutormin1, Sergey A. Myslivets1,3, Vasily G. Arkhipkin1,2, Stepan Ya. Vetrov1,3, Wei Lee4, and Victor Ya. Zyryanov1

  • 1Kirensky Institute of Physics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
  • 2Laboratory for Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia
  • 3Institute of Engineering Physics and Radio Electronics, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia
  • 4Institute of Imaging and Biomedical Photonics, College of Photonics, National Chiao Tung University, Guiren District, Tainan 71150, Taiwan

  • *Corresponding author: tiv@iph.krasn.ru

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Vol. 92, Iss. 5 — November 2015

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