Electrically modulated transparent liquid crystal -optical grating projection

Opt Express. 2013 Jan 28;21(2):1820-9. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.001820.

Abstract

A transparent, fully integrated electrically modulated projection technique is presented based on light guiding through a thin liquid crystal layer covering sub-wavelength gratings. The reported device operates at 10 V with response times of 4.5 ms. Analysis of the liquid crystal alignment shows that director-reorientation occurs over timescales on the order of 90 µs close to the grating surface. The technology is suitable for next generation heads-up-displays and reconfigurable multilayer photonic integrated circuits.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electronics / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Fiber Optic Technology / instrumentation*
  • Lighting / instrumentation*
  • Liquid Crystals / chemistry*
  • Liquid Crystals / radiation effects
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*