Optical characteristics of liquid-crystal modulators based on electric-field-controlled birefringence in various low-thickness planar structures

Simonenko, G.V.

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Симоненко Г.В. Оптические характеристики жидкокристаллических модуляторов на основе эффекта управляемого электрическим полем двойного лучепреломления в различных планарных структурах малой толщины // Оптический журнал. 2018. Т. 85. № 1. С. 3–11. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2018-85-01-03-11

Simonenko G.V. Optical characteristics of liquid-crystal modulators based on electric-field-controlled birefringence in various low-thickness planar structures [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2018. V. 85. № 1. P. 3–11. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2018-85-01-03-11

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G. V. Simonenko, "Optical characteristics of liquid-crystal modulators based on electric-field-controlled birefringence in various low-thickness planar structures," Journal of Optical Technology. 85(1), 1-7 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.85.000001

Abstract:

The characteristics of optical-radiation modulators based on electric-field-controlled birefringence in various low-thickness planar liquid-crystal structures are comprehensively investigated by computer modeling. It is shown that a shutter whose operation is based on the phenomenon of electric-field-controlled interference of polarized rays in thin planar liquid-crystal cells with zero twist angle of the structure and symmetric boundary conditions can be used in fast-acting devices with response times in the range from 100 to 200 μs.

Keywords:

liquid crystals, modulators, computer modeling

OCIS codes: 160.3710, 230.3720

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