Spontaneous formation of polarization diffraction gratings in surface-stabilized cells filled with liquid crystal in the modulated nematic phase

Muhammad Ali, Nataša Vaupotic, Pawel W. Majewski, Ewa Gorecka, Corrie Imrie, Damian Pociecha*

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Abstract

Liquid crystals in the twist bend modulated nematic phase spontaneously form gratings when filled in planar cells. Such gratings transform the polarization properties of the incident light and as such can be used as low cost switchers because no surface patterning is required to obtain the grating. In addition, the polarization properties of the second order diffraction peak, combined with a theoretical modelling, can be used to determine the spatial variation of the optical axis in the cell. In this paper, we report on a generalized behavior of the polarization of the diffracted light in cells of various thicknesses and for different twist bend nematic materials.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEmerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XIV
EditorsIgor Musevic, Liang-Chy Chien, Byoungho Lee, Dirk J. Broer
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510625242
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2019
EventEmerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XIV 2019 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 3 Feb 20195 Feb 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10941
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceEmerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XIV 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period3/02/195/02/19

Keywords

  • Liquid crystals
  • modulated nematic phase
  • polarization diffraction gratings

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