Low Voltage Blue Phase Liquid Crystal For Spatial Light Modulators

Abstract

We demonstrated a low-voltage polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal (BPLC) for phase-only modulation with a liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS). A new device configuration was developed, which allows the incident laser beam to traverse the BPLC layer four times before exiting the LCoS. As a result, the 2π phase change voltage is reduced to below 24 V in the visible region. The response time remains relatively fast (∼3 ms). The proposed device configuration enables widespread applications of BPLC spatial light modulators.

Publication Date

11-1-2015

Publication Title

Optics Letters

Volume

40

Issue

21

Number of Pages

5097-5100

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.005097

Socpus ID

84957547574 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84957547574

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