Polymer-stabilized liquid crystal for tunable microlens applications
Author(s) -
V. V. Presnyakov,
K. Asatryan,
Tigran Galstian,
Amir Tork
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.10.000865
Subject(s) - materials science , liquid crystal , optics , microlens , refractive index , electric field , polymer , lens (geology) , photopolymer , beam (structure) , homogeneous , cylindrical lens , optoelectronics , laser , polymerization , quantum mechanics , composite material , thermodynamics , physics
We investigate the electro-optical properties of polymer stabilized nematic liquid crystals produced by in situ photopolymerization technique using Gaussian laser beam. The distribution of refractive index in such structure under the action of a homogeneous electric field reveals a non-homogeneous lens-like character, approximately reproducing the intensity transverse distribution in the photopolymerizing beam.
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