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Title: Gelator-doped liquid-crystal phase grating with multistable and dynamic modes

Abstract

We demonstrate a gelator-doped nematic liquid-crystal (LC) phase grating, which can be operated in both the multistable mode and the dynamic mode. Thermoreversible association and dissociation of the gelator molecules can vary and fix the multistable diffraction efficiencies of the gratings. A voltage (V) can also be applied to modulate dynamically the diffraction efficiencies of the grating, which behaves as a conventional LC grating. Experimental results show that the variations of the diffraction efficiencies in the multistable and dynamic modes are similar. The maximum diffraction efficiency is approximately 30% at V = 2 V.

Authors:
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  1. Department of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Formosa University, Yunlin 632, Taiwan (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22257133
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 104; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; DIFFRACTION; DOPED MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; GRATINGS; LIQUID CRYSTALS

Citation Formats

Lin, Hui-Chi, Yang, Meng-Ru, Tsai, Sheng-Feng, and Yan, Shih-Chiang. Gelator-doped liquid-crystal phase grating with multistable and dynamic modes. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4861155.
Lin, Hui-Chi, Yang, Meng-Ru, Tsai, Sheng-Feng, & Yan, Shih-Chiang. Gelator-doped liquid-crystal phase grating with multistable and dynamic modes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4861155
Lin, Hui-Chi, Yang, Meng-Ru, Tsai, Sheng-Feng, and Yan, Shih-Chiang. 2014. "Gelator-doped liquid-crystal phase grating with multistable and dynamic modes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4861155.
@article{osti_22257133,
title = {Gelator-doped liquid-crystal phase grating with multistable and dynamic modes},
author = {Lin, Hui-Chi and Yang, Meng-Ru and Tsai, Sheng-Feng and Yan, Shih-Chiang},
abstractNote = {We demonstrate a gelator-doped nematic liquid-crystal (LC) phase grating, which can be operated in both the multistable mode and the dynamic mode. Thermoreversible association and dissociation of the gelator molecules can vary and fix the multistable diffraction efficiencies of the gratings. A voltage (V) can also be applied to modulate dynamically the diffraction efficiencies of the grating, which behaves as a conventional LC grating. Experimental results show that the variations of the diffraction efficiencies in the multistable and dynamic modes are similar. The maximum diffraction efficiency is approximately 30% at V = 2 V.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4861155},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22257133}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 1,
volume = 104,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Mon Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}