Fast switching cholesteric liquid crystal optical beam deflector with polarization independence

Abstract Optical beam deflectors based on the combination of cholesteric liquid crystals and polymer micro gratings are reported. Dual frequency cholesteric liquid crystal (DFCh-LC) is adopted to accelerate the switching from the homeotropic state back to the planar state. Polarization independent b...

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Main Authors: Xiaobing Shang, Laurens Meeus, Dieter Cuypers, Herbert De Smet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06944-z