Title
Polarization independent blue-phase liquid crystal cylindrical lens with a resistive film
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
ISSN
1559-128X
Recommended Citation
"Polarization independent blue-phase liquid crystal cylindrical lens with a resistive film" (2012). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 2931.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/2931
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