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Liquid Crystals and their Applications in the THz Frequency Range

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We present a survey through the study of liquid crystals with terahertz time domain spectroscopy. The macroscopic dielectric properties such as the refractive index and the absorption coefficient for both ordinary and extraordinary polarization of various liquid crystals are presented and the underlying physical mechanisms are discussed. Furthermore, we deduce the microscopic characteristics such as the order parameter and the polarizabilities from the measured data.

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    Nico Vieweg, Christian Jansen & Martin Koch

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Vieweg, N., Jansen, C., Koch, M. (2012). Liquid Crystals and their Applications in the THz Frequency Range. In: Peiponen, KE., Zeitler, A., Kuwata-Gonokami, M. (eds) Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 171. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29564-5_12

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