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Abstract
We measured, using a phase modulation technique, the optical rotation in the isotropic and blue phases of a side group cholesteric liquid crystalline silicone polymer. For comparison, similar measurements were performed on cholesteryl nonanoate (CN) and CE6. The polymer has a selective reflection close to that of CE6 and a chiral mesogenic side group chemically similar to CN. The optical activity data for the polymer, unlike those for low molecular mass liquid crystals, does not follow a simple Landau-de Gennes temperature dependence.