Polarization-Independent and Fast Response Microlens Arrays Based on Blue Phase Liquid Crystals

2014 ◽  
Vol 595 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih-Hung Lin ◽  
Lin-Song Huang ◽  
Chie-Tong Kuo ◽  
Chi-Huang Lin
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Microlens Arrays ◽  
Phase Liquid ◽  
Blue Phase ◽  
Polarization Independent

Polarizer-free and fast response microlens arrays using polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals

2010 ◽  
Vol 96 (11) ◽  
pp. 113505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Hsin Lin ◽  
Hung-Shan Chen ◽  
Hung-Chun Lin ◽  
Yu-Shih Tsou ◽  
Hsu-Kuan Hsu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Microlens Arrays ◽  
Phase Liquid ◽  
Blue Phase ◽  
Polymer Stabilized

Polarization-independent refractive index tuning using gold nanoparticle-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals

2011 ◽  
Vol 36 (18) ◽  
pp. 3578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuhei Yabu ◽  
Yuma Tanaka ◽  
Kenji Tagashira ◽  
Hiroyuki Yoshida ◽  
Akihiko Fujii ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Gold Nanoparticle ◽  
Phase Liquid ◽  
Blue Phase ◽  
Polarization Independent

scholarly journals Polarization-independent and fast tunable microlens array based on blue phase liquid crystals

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 925 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shih-Hung Lin ◽  
Lin-Song Huang ◽  
Chi-Huang Lin ◽  
Chie-Tong Kuo
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Microlens Array ◽  
Phase Liquid ◽  
Blue Phase ◽  
Polarization Independent

scholarly journals Tunable light beam steering device using polymer stabilized blue phase liquid crystals

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pankaj Joshi ◽  
Oliver Willekens ◽  
Xiaobing Shang ◽  
Jelle De Smet ◽  
Dieter Cuypers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Polymer Dispersed ◽  
Phase Liquid ◽  
Blue Phase ◽  
Blue Phases ◽  
Polymer Stabilized ◽  
Polarization Independent

A polarization independent and fast electrically switchable beam steering device is presented, based on a surface relief grating combined with polymer stabilized blue phase liquid crystals. Switching on and off times are both less than 2 milliseconds. The prospects of further improvements are discussed. Full Text: PDF ReferencesD.C. Wright, et al., "Crystalline liquids: the blue phases", Rev. Mod. Phys. 61, 385 (1989). CrossRef H. Kikuchi, et al., "Polymer-stabilized liquid crystal blue phases", Nat. Mater. 1, 64 (2002). CrossRef Samsung, Korea, SID exhibition, (2008).J. Yan, et al., "Direct measurement of electric-field-induced birefringence in a polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystal composite", Opt. Express 18, 11450 (2010). CrossRef L. Rao, et al., "A large Kerr constant polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal", Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 081109 (2011). CrossRef Y. Hisakado, et al., "Large Electro-optic Kerr Effect in Polymer-Stabilized Liquid-Crystalline Blue Phases", Adv. Mater. 17, 96 (2005). CrossRef K. M. et al., "Submillisecond Gray-Level Response Time of a Polymer-Stabilized Blue-Phase Liquid Crystal", J. Disp. Technol. 6, 49 (2010). CrossRef Y. Chen, et al., "Level set based topology optimization for optical cloaks", Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 251106 (2013). CrossRef H. Choi, et al., "Fast electro-optic switching in liquid crystal blue phase II", Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 131905 (2011). CrossRef Y.H. Chen, et al., "Polarization independent Fabry-Pérot filter based on polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals with fast response time", Opt. Express 19, 25441 (2011). CrossRef Y. Li, et al., "Polarization independent adaptive microlens with a blue-phase liquid crystal", Opt. Express 19, 8045 (2011). CrossRef C.T. Lee, et al., "Design of polarization-insensitive multi-electrode GRIN lens with a blue-phase liquid crystal", Opt. Express 19, 17402 (2011). CrossRef Y.T. Lin, et al., "Mid-infrared absorptance of silicon hyperdoped with chalcogen via fs-laser irradiation", J. Appl. Phys. 113, (2013). CrossRef J.D. Lin, et al., "Spatially tunable photonic bandgap of wide spectral range and lasing emission based on a blue phase wedge cell", Optics Express 22, 29479 (2014). CrossRef W. Cao, et al., "Lasing in a three-dimensional photonic crystal of the liquid crystal blue phase II", Nat. Mat. 1, 111 (2002). CrossRef S.T. Hur, et al., "Liquid-Crystalline Blue Phase Laser with Widely Tunable Wavelength", Adv. Mater. 25, 3002 (2013). CrossRef A. Mazzulla, et al., "Thermal and electrical laser tuning in liquid crystal blue phase I", Soft. Mater. 8, 4882 (2012). CrossRef C.W. Chen, et al., "Random lasing in blue phase liquid crystals", Opt. Express 20, 23978 (2012). CrossRef O. Willekens, et al., "Ferroelectric thin films with liquid crystal for gradient index applications", Opt. Exp. 24, 8088 (2016). CrossRef O. Willekens, et al., "Reflective liquid crystal hybrid beam-steerer", Opt. Exp. 24, 1541 (2016). CrossRef M. Jazbinšek, et al., "Characterization of holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal transmission gratings", J. Appl. Phys. 90, 3831 (2001). CrossRef C.C. Bowley, et al., "Variable-wavelength switchable Bragg gratings formed in polymer-dispersed liquid crystals", Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 9 (2001). CrossRef Y.Q. Lu, et al., "Polarization switch using thick holographic polymer-dispersed liquid crystal grating", Appl. Phys. 95, 810 (2004). CrossRef J.J. Butler et al., "Diffraction properties of highly birefringent liquid-crystal composite gratings", Opt. Lett. 25, 420 (2000). CrossRef R.L. Sutherland et al., "Electrically switchable volume gratings in polymer-dispersed liquid crystals", Appl. Phys. Lett. 64, 1074 (1994). CrossRef X. Shang, et al., "Electrically Controllable Liquid Crystal Component for Efficient Light Steering", IEEE Photo. J. 7, 1 (2015). CrossRef J. Yan, et al., "Extended Kerr effect of polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystals", Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 071105 (2010). CrossRef H.S. Chen, et al., "Hysteresis-free polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals using thermal recycles", Opt. Mat. Exp. 2, 1149 (2012). CrossRef J. Yan. et al., "Dual-period tunable phase grating using polymer stabilized blue phase liquid crystal", Opt. Lett. 40, 4520 (2015). CrossRef H.S. Chen, et al., "Hysteresis-free polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals using thermal recycles", Opt. Mat. Exp. 2, 1149 (2012). CrossRef H.C. Cheng, et al., "Blue-Phase Liquid Crystal Displays With Vertical Field Switching", J. Disp. Technol. 8, 98 (2012). CrossRef

Hysteresis-free and fast response polymer-stabilised blue phase liquid crystals

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 673-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuan Li ◽  
Dong-Peng Sun ◽  
De-Shan Hou ◽  
Ji-Liang Zhu ◽  
Zheng-Hong He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Phase Liquid ◽  
Blue Phase

16.3: Polarization-independent and Fast-response Blue Phase Liquid Crystal Lens with a PEDOT: PSS Film

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-207
Author(s):  
Yifan Liu ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Chao-Te Lee ◽  
Hoang-Yan Lin ◽  
Qing Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Phase Liquid ◽  
Blue Phase ◽  
Liquid Crystal Lens ◽  
Polarization Independent

scholarly journals Diffusionless transformation of soft cubic superstructure from amorphous to simple cubic and body-centered cubic phases

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Liu ◽  
Wenzhe Liu ◽  
Bo Guan ◽  
Bo Wang ◽  
Lei Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Photonic Materials ◽  
Simple Cubic ◽  
Cubic Phases ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Phase Liquid ◽  
Blue Phase ◽  
Blue Phases ◽  
Temperature Window

AbstractIn a narrow temperature window in going from the isotropic to highly chiral orders, cholesteric liquid crystals exhibit so-called blue phases, consisting of different morphologies of long, space-filling double twisted cylinders. Those of cubic spatial symmetry have attracted considerable attention in recent years as templates for soft photonic materials. The latter often requires the creation of monodomains of predefined orientation and size, but their engineering is complicated by a lack of comprehensive understanding of how blue phases nucleate and transform into each other at a submicrometer length scale. In this work, we accomplish this by intercepting nucleation processes at intermediate stages with fast cross-linking of a stabilizing polymer matrix. We reveal using transmission electron microscopy, synchrotron small-angle X-ray diffraction, and angle-resolved microspectroscopy that the grid of double-twisted cylinders undergoes highly coordinated, diffusionless transformations. In light of our findings, the implementation of several applications is discussed, such as temperature-switchable QR codes, micro-area lasing, and fabrication of blue phase liquid crystals with large domain sizes.

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