Polarization independent blue-phase liquid crystal cylindrical lens with a resistive film

    Authors

    Y. Li; Y. F. Liu; Q. Li;S. T. Wu

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Appl. Optics

    Keywords

    FOCAL LENGTH; MICROLENS; VOLTAGE; Optics

    Abstract

    We propose a new electrode design for polarization-independent cylindrical lens using a polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal (BPLC). The top electrode is coated with a transparent and resistive film to generate linearly varying electric potential from center to edge; while the bottom iridium tin oxide electrode has a constant potential. Therefore, the vertical electric field across the BPLC layer varies linearly over the lens aperture and a desired parabolic phase profile is obtained automatically according to the Kerr effect. Simulation results show that this simple device is polarization independent and it has parabolic-like phase profile in a large tuning range. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Applied Optics

    Volume

    51

    Issue/Number

    14

    Publication Date

    1-1-2012

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    2568

    Last Page

    2572

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000303921300008

    ISSN

    1559-128X

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