Dynamic, infrared bandpass filters prepared from polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals
Author(s) -
Bradley Worth,
Kyung Min Lee,
Vincent P. Tondiglia,
J. Myers,
Shin Mou,
Timothy J. White
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
applied optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0003-6935
DOI - 10.1364/ao.55.007134
Subject(s) - band pass filter , materials science , optics , cholesteric liquid crystal , infrared , reflection (computer programming) , optical filter , liquid crystal , optoelectronics , electrode , bandwidth (computing) , polymer , chemistry , physics , telecommunications , composite material , computer science , programming language
We report on the formulation and electrical control of the position and bandwidth of reflective bandpass filters prepared from cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) in the infrared (3-5 μm). These filters are prepared from alignment cells employing infrared transparent electrodes and substrates. The optical nature of the electrodes is shown to strongly influence the resulting transmission of the bandpass filters outside of the spectral reflection.
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