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38.1: Invited Paper : Photo‐Aligned Anisotropic Optical Thin Films
Author(s) -
Seiberle Hubert,
Benecke Carsten,
Bachels Thomas
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1889/1.1832494
Subject(s) - tilt (camera) , anisotropy , realization (probability) , materials science , optical axis , thin film , optics , retarder , optoelectronics , optical anisotropy , plane (geometry) , nanotechnology , physics , composite material , engineering , mechanical engineering , lens (geology) , geometry , mathematics , statistics
Photo‐alignment of anisotropic optical thin films enables realization of novel optical elements, which were not feasible so far. Photo‐aligned anisotropic thin films can be applied to rigid or flexible substrates, which may be flat or curved. The optical performance of such films can be tailored to application specific requirements by introducing tilt profiles of the optical axis and/or generate patterned retarders with continuous or periodical in‐plane variation of the optical axis.