Determination of the Birefringence, the Twist Angle and the Thickness of the Nematic Liquid Crystal Sample by Renormalized Transmission Ellipsometry

Abstract The birefringence, the twist angle and the thickness of the nematic liquid crystal sample were determined by means of the renormalized transmission ellipsometry. It was proposed that conventional sandwich-type cell is applicable to this ellipsometry measurement and the simplified numerical fitting procedure based on the 4 × 4 matrix method can provide the dispersion of the ordinary and the extraordinary refractive indices. The resolution of the twist angle and cell thickness measurement reaches to 0.05 deg. and 0.05 μm, respectively.