Title
Reconfigurable fabrication of scattering-free polymer network liquid crystal prism/grating/lens
Abbreviated Journal Title
Appl. Phys. Lett.
Keywords
PHOTOINDUCED LOCALIZATION; SUBMILLISECOND-RESPONSE; ANISOTROPIC GELS; FOCAL LENGTH; LENS; GRATINGS; DISPLAY; ARRAY; ANGLE; Physics, Applied
Abstract
We report a simple reconfigurable printing method for fabricating submillisecond-response and scattering-free polymer network liquid crystal photonic devices, such as prism, grating, and lens. To suppress light scattering in the visible region, we reduce the domain sizes by controlling polymer concentration, selecting a high viscosity liquid crystal (LC) host, and performing UV curing at a low temperature. To demonstrate the configurability, we printed a LC micro-prism array with similar to 300-mu m feature size and a circular lens with 1.3-mm radius without any pre-patterned templates. This reconfigurable printing technique enables fast design iterations and should have widespread applications for fabricating display and photonic devices.
Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
102
Issue/Number
16
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Document Type
Article
DOI Link
Language
English
First Page
4
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0003-6951
Recommended Citation
Sun, Jie; Xu, Su; Ren, Hongwen; and Wu, Shin-Tson, "Reconfigurable fabrication of scattering-free polymer network liquid crystal prism/grating/lens" (2013). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 4726.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/4726
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