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14 October 1998 Switchable circular beamsplitter using a dual-frequency cholesteric liquid crystal
Hong Ding, Greg A. Kopp, Michael J. Derks, Michael H. Anderson, Ming Xu, Deng Ke Yang
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Abstract
The cholesteric liquid crystal (LC) has a chiral structure defined by pitch length. This unique structure reflects one handedness of circularly polarized light and is used as a circular polarizer. This polarizer can be actively switched between a state that is transparent to light of all polarizations and another state that in only transmissive to one handedness of circularly polarized light. The dual- frequency material is used to reduce the relaxation time. The dual-frequency circular polarizer can be switched from the transparent homeotropic texture by a low frequency driving signal, and switched to the reflecting planar texture by a high frequency signal. This polarizer functions as a switchable shutter for which we have characterized switching process, relaxation time, polarization purity, and extinction ratio.
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Hong Ding, Greg A. Kopp, Michael J. Derks, Michael H. Anderson, Ming Xu, and Deng Ke Yang "Switchable circular beamsplitter using a dual-frequency cholesteric liquid crystal", Proc. SPIE 3475, Liquid Crystals II, (14 October 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.326904
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KEYWORDS
Liquid crystals

Circular polarizers

Polarizers

Polarization

Switching

Camera shutters

Reflection

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