Published May 1, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Electrically controllable polarization-dependent phase grating from photocurable liquid crystals

  • 1. Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc., Central Research Laboratories, Pioneering Technology Center, 631 Sakato, Sakura-shi, Chiba-ken, 285-8668 (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552 (Japan)

Description

Electrically controllable Raman-Nath phase diffraction grating has been fabricated in a very simple way using photopolymerizable liquid crystals. The efficiency of the first-order diffraction peak has been measured with the variation of the polarization angle of the incident light as well as with the variation of an applied electric field. Dynamic response and the relaxation dynamics of the first-order peak were measured by applying a dc electric field on and off, respectively, and were found to be very fast

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Journal Volume
95
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 5241-5243
ISSN
0021-8979
CODEN
JAPIAU

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36040223
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
Descriptors DEI
DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; VISIBLE RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FLUIDS; LIQUIDS; RADIATIONS

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(c) 2004 American Institute of Physics.