Authors

H. Ren;S. T. Wu

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Appl. Phys. Lett.

Keywords

LIGHT; Physics, Applied

Abstract

A liquid-crystal (LC)-based polarization rotator which can rotate the polarization axis of an incident linearly polarized light from 0 degrees to 90 degrees is demonstrated. In the LC cell, the top substrate has a uniform rubbing but the bottom substrate has two orthogonal rubbings which are separated by a nonrubbing zone. Between these two rubbed strips, the LC directors twist continuously from 0 degrees to 90 degrees. As a result, the optic axis of the incident linearly polarized light can be rotated continuously depending on the beam position.

Journal Title

Applied Physics Letters

Volume

90

Issue/Number

12

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

3

WOS Identifier

WOS:000245135800023

ISSN

0003-6951

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