44-3: Nanoscopic Patterned Photo-alignment for Electrically Switchable Liquid Crystal Pancharatnam-Berry Phase Diffractive Lens

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 599-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alwin Ming Wai Tam ◽  
Fan Fan ◽  
Hung-Shan Chen ◽  
Tao Du ◽  
Vladimir G. Chigrinov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Berry Phase ◽  
Diffractive Lens ◽  
Photo Alignment

scholarly journals Photo-Aligned Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Devices with Novel Electro-Optic Characteristics

Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 563
Author(s):  
Vladimir Chigrinov ◽  
Qi Guo ◽  
Aleksey Kudreyko
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Berry Phase ◽  
Photonic Devices ◽  
Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal ◽  
Optical Elements ◽  
Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals ◽  
Liquid Crystal Devices ◽  
Alignment Technique ◽  
Photo Alignment

This paper examines different applications of ferroelectric liquid crystal devices based on photo-alignment. Successful application of the photo-alignment technique is considered to be a critical breakthrough. A variety of display and photonic devices with azo dye aligned ferroelectric liquid crystals is presented: smart glasses, liquid crystal Pancharatnam–Berry phase optical elements, 2D/3D switchable lenses, and laser therapy devices. Comparison of electro-optical behavior of ferroelectric liquid crystals is described considering the performance of devices. This paper facilitates the optimization of device design, and broadens the possible applications in the display and photonic area.

Novel Liquid Crystal Display mode “UV2AⅡ” with Photo Alignment Technology for a Large-Screen 8K Display

2019 ◽  
pp. 257
Author(s):  
Shinichi Terashita ◽  
Kouichi Watanabe ◽  
Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystal Display ◽  
Large Screen ◽  
Display Mode ◽  
Photo Alignment

scholarly journals Enhancing the Optical Efficiency of Near-Eye Displays with Liquid Crystal Optics

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Tao Zhan ◽  
En-Lin Hsiang ◽  
Kun Li ◽  
Shin-Tson Wu
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Berry Phase ◽  
Optical Element ◽  
Liquid Crystal Polymer ◽  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
Optical Efficiency ◽  
Crystal Polymer ◽  
Light Efficiency

We demonstrate a light efficient virtual reality (VR) near-eye display (NED) design based on a directional display panel and a diffractive deflection film (DDF). The DDF was essentially a high-efficiency Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical element made of liquid crystal polymer. The essence of this design is directing most of the display light into the eyebox. The proposed method is applicable for both catadioptric and dioptric VR lenses. A proof-of-concept experiment was conducted with off-the-shelf optical parts, where the light efficiency was enhanced by more than 2 times.

Transistor Characteristics of Single Crystalline C8-BTBT Grown in Coated Liquid Crystal Solution on Photo-Alignment Films

2018 ◽  
Vol E101.C (11) ◽  
pp. 884-887
Author(s):  
Risa TAKEDA ◽  
Yosei SHIBATA ◽  
Takahiro ISHINABE ◽  
Hideo FUJIKAKE
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Single Crystalline ◽  
Photo Alignment

scholarly journals Design and Realization of a Compact Efficient Beam Combiner, Based on Liquid Crystal Pancharatnam–Berry Phase Gratings

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Boxuan Gao ◽  
Jeroen Beeckman ◽  
Kristiaan Neyts
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Berry Phase ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Laser Beams ◽  
Circularly Polarized Light ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Beam Combiner ◽  
High Diffraction Efficiency ◽  
High Diffraction ◽  
Crystal Mixture

We demonstrate a laser beam combiner based on four photo-patterned Pancharatnam–Berry (PB) phase gratings, which is compact and has high diffraction efficiency for incident circularly polarized light. The nematic liquid crystal mixture E7 is used as anisotropic material, and the thickness of the layer is controlled by spacers. The beam combiner can bring two parallel laser beams closer to each other while remaining parallel. This work shows the potential to realize components based on flat optical LC devices.

High Speed In-Plane Switching Liquid Crystal Cell by Using Photo Alignment Method

2015 ◽  
Vol 613 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-173
Author(s):  
Byung-June Mun ◽  
Jeong-Ho Cho ◽  
Joun Ho Lee ◽  
Byeong Koo Kim ◽  
Hyun Chul Choi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Liquid Crystal Cell ◽  
Alignment Method ◽  
Crystal Cell ◽  
Photo Alignment

scholarly journals Capillary Flows of Nematic Liquid Crystal

Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1029
Author(s):  
Dina V. Shmeliova ◽  
Sergey V. Pasechnik ◽  
Semen S. Kharlamov ◽  
Alexandre V. Zakharov ◽  
Eugeny P. Pozhidaev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Contact Angle ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystal ◽  
Electric Fields ◽  
Capillary Flow ◽  
Capillary Rise ◽  
Vertical Plane ◽  
Treatment Technique ◽  
Photo Alignment ◽  
Wetting Process

In this paper we report the new experimental results on the rise of a liquid crystal in flat capillaries with inner photosensitive surfaces. The capillaries with different surface orientations were prepared by the use of the photo-alignment technique. Such a surface treatment makes it possible to eliminate the noncontrollable influence of a nanorelief on the wetting process, which takes place in the rubbing treatment technique previously used in similar experiments. The dynamics of the capillary rise of a nematic liquid crystal 5CB (4-cyano-4′-pentylbiphenyl) in vertical plane capillaries with photo-aligned substrates were studied for the first time. It was found that the stationary value of a contact angle weakly depends on the direction of a planar surface orientation relative to the direction of a capillary rise. It has been shown that the application of strong electric fields resulted in a decreasing of the contact angle. The results, obtained for the nematic liquid crystal, are compared with the results of an investigation of the capillary flow in a shock-free ferroelectric smectic phase.

scholarly journals Surface Stabilized Topological Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals

Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 840
Author(s):  
Inge Nys ◽  
Brecht Berteloot ◽  
Guilhem Poy
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Topological Stability ◽  
Light Modulator ◽  
Topological Solitons ◽  
Bottom Substrate ◽  
Closed Ring ◽  
Versatile Tool ◽  
Photo Alignment ◽  
Strong Confinement ◽  
Careful Design

Photo-alignment is a versatile tool to pattern the alignment at the confining substrates in a liquid crystal (LC) cell. Arbitrary alignment patterns can be created by using projection with a spatial light modulator (SLM) for the illumination. We demonstrate that a careful design of the alignment patterns allows the stabilization of topological solitons in nematic liquid crystal (NLC) cells, without the need for chirality or strong confinement. The created LC configurations are stabilized by the anchoring conditions imposed at the substrates. The photo-aligned background at both substrates is uniformly planar aligned, and ring-shaped regions with a 180° azimuthal rotation are patterned with an opposite sense of rotation at the top and bottom substrate. A disclination-free structure containing a closed ring of vertically oriented directors is formed when the patterned rings at the top and bottom substrate overlap. Thanks to the topological stability, a vertical director orientation in the bulk is observed even when the centra of both patterned rings are shifted over relatively large distances. The combination of numerical simulations with experimental measurements allows identification of the 3D director configuration in the bulk. A finite element (FE) Q-tensor simulation model is applied to find the equilibrium director configuration and optical simulations are used to confirm the correspondence with experimental microscopy measurements. The created LC configurations offer opportunities in the field of optical devices, light guiding and switching, particle trapping and studies of topological LC structures.

Photo-alignment of liquid crystals in micro capillaries with point-by-point irradiation

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Siarkowska ◽  
M. Jóźwik ◽  
S. Ertman ◽  
T. Woliński ◽  
V. Chigrinov
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Azo Dye ◽  
Laser Light ◽  
Alignment Method ◽  
Uv Laser ◽  
Orientation Control ◽  
Photo Alignment

AbstractA photo-alignment method for micro capillaries based on the SD-1 azo-dye is demonstrated. In this work a liquid-crystal molecules aligning layer is created by point-by-point irradiation of the azo-dye film by using an UV laser light. The method opens up new possibilities for an improved molecules’ orientation control in both glass- and polymer-based photonic liquid crystal fibres.

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