Simulation of Dynamic Behavior of Liquid Crystal Molecules in OCB Modes

초록

This paper describes the transition process of optically compensated bend (OCB) modes using a computer simulation of the dynamic behavior of the liquid crystal molecules. In formulating the motional equation of the molecules, two different methods of vector and tensor approaches were used and their validities were investigated. As a numerical technique, we used a finite difference method (FDM) compatible with highly nonlinear and complicated problems. The calculation results show that the transitions of splay-to-bend and bend-to-splay are successfully explained by the tensor approach.