A high throughput liquid crystal light shutter for unpolarized light using polymer polarization gratings

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravi K. Komanduri ◽  
Kris F. Lawler ◽  
Michael J. Escuti
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
High Throughput ◽  
Unpolarized Light ◽  
Polarization Gratings

scholarly journals Recent Advances in Photoalignment Liquid Crystal Polarization Gratings and Their Applications

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 900
Author(s):  
Tiegang Lin ◽  
Jin Xie ◽  
Yingjie Zhou ◽  
Yaqin Zhou ◽  
Yide Yuan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Optical Anisotropy ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Fabrication Process ◽  
Polarization Gratings ◽  
High Diffraction Efficiency ◽  
Physical Principles ◽  
High Diffraction ◽  
Exposure Methods ◽  
Beam Split

Liquid crystal (LC) circular polarization gratings (PGs), also known as Pancharatnam–Berry (PB) phase deflectors, are diffractive waveplates with linearly changed optical anisotropy axes. Due to the high diffraction efficiency, polarization selectivity character, and simple fabrication process, photoalignment LC PGs have been widely studied and developed especially in polarization management and beam split. In this review paper, we analyze the physical principles, show the exposure methods and fabrication process, and present relevant promising applications in photonics and imaging optics.

scholarly journals Design of Tunable Holographic Liquid Crystalline Diffraction Gratings

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (23) ◽  
pp. 6789
Author(s):  
Katarzyna A. Rutkowska ◽  
Anna Kozanecka-Szmigiel
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Optical Communication ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Incident Light ◽  
Diffraction Gratings ◽  
Lagrange Equations ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Molecular Distribution ◽  
Polarization Gratings

Tunable diffraction gratings and phase filters are important functional devices in optical communication and sensing systems. Polarization gratings, in particular, capable of redirecting an incident light beam completely into the first diffraction orders may be successfully fabricated in liquid crystalline cells assembled from substrates coated with uniform transparent electrodes and orienting layers that force a specific molecular distribution. In this work, the diffraction properties of liquid crystal (LC) cells characterized by a continually rotating cycloidal director pattern at the cell substrates and in the bulk, are studied theoretically by solving a relevant set of the Euler-Lagrange equations. The electric tunability of the gratings is analyzed by estimating the changes in liquid crystalline molecular distribution and thus in effective birefringence, as a function of external voltage. To the best of our knowledge, such detailed numerical calculations have not been presented so far for liquid crystal polarization gratings showing a cycloidal director pattern. Our theoretical predictions may be easily achieved in experimental conditions when exploiting, for example, photo-orienting material, to induce a permanent LC alignment with high spatial resolution. The proposed design may be for example, used as a tunable passband filter with adjustable bandwidths, thus allowing for potential applications in optical spectroscopy, optical communication networks, remote sensing and beyond.

scholarly journals Microsecond-range optical shutter for unpolarized light with chiral nematic liquid crystal

AIP Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 047122
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mohammadimasoudi ◽  
Jungsoon Shin ◽  
Keechang Lee ◽  
Kristiaan Neyts ◽  
Jeroen Beeckman
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystal ◽  
Unpolarized Light ◽  
Chiral Nematic ◽  
Optical Shutter

Optical switching of liquid-crystal polarization gratings with nanosecond pulses

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (17) ◽  
pp. 2554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uladzimir Hrozhyk ◽  
Sarik Nersisyan ◽  
Svetlana Serak ◽  
Nelson Tabiryan ◽  
Landa Hoke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Optical Switching ◽  
Nanosecond Pulses ◽  
Polarization Gratings
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