Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 18, Issue 8, 080005(2020)

Electrically tunable helicity of cholesteric heliconical superstructure [Invited]

Conglong Yuan1, Wenbin Huang1,2, Xiaoqian Wang1, Dong Shen1, and Zhigang Zheng1,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
  • 2School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering & Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
  • 3Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
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    Schematic illustration of LC director configurations in cholesteric (a) helicoidal, (b) heliconical, and (c) unwound states under increased applied electric fields.
    Electrical tuning performance of the (a) oblique angle θ and (b) pitch length P in helicoidal, heliconical, and unwound states with various η value.
    Electrical tuning performance of the (a) transformation threshold, (b) oblique angle, and (c) pitch length in the heliconical superstructure on the effects of chirality changes.
    Simulated selective reflection spectra from the left-handed heliconical superstructure with various electric fields in the cases of R-CP and L-CP normal incidence.
    Calculated reflection spectra from the heliconical superstructure with the changes of electric field and initial chirality.
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    Conglong Yuan, Wenbin Huang, Xiaoqian Wang, Dong Shen, Zhigang Zheng. Electrically tunable helicity of cholesteric heliconical superstructure [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2020, 18(8): 080005

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    Special Issue: SPECIAL ISSUE ON SOFT-MATTER PHOTONICS

    Received: May. 20, 2020

    Accepted: Jun. 23, 2020

    Published Online: Jul. 17, 2020

    The Author Email: Zhigang Zheng (zgzheng@ecust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202018.080005

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