Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 7, 0711004(2022)

Liquid Crystal Lens Imaging Method Using 90° Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Cell Instead of Polarizer

Pengwei Li, Xinci Chen, Xiaoxi Chen, and Mao Ye*
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  • School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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    This paper presents an imaging method of a liquid crystal (LC) lens using a 90° twisted nematic LC (TNLC) cell instead of a polarizer. Two images are captured with the 90° TNLC cell in the 0° and 90° optical rotatory states. By overlapping the two images and subtracting the defocused image obtained when the LC lens is not working, we can reduce the introduction of undesired low-frequency components of non-modulated light. In this way, the contrast of the final image is enhanced, and the noise generated by the original imaging processing without a polarizer is lessened. The proposed method is verified by experiments, and the results show that clear and well-focused images can be obtained without any polarizer.

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    Pengwei Li, Xinci Chen, Xiaoxi Chen, Mao Ye. Liquid Crystal Lens Imaging Method Using 90° Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Cell Instead of Polarizer[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(7): 0711004

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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Sep. 6, 2021

    Accepted: Nov. 4, 2021

    Published Online: Mar. 28, 2022

    The Author Email: Ye Mao (mao_ye@uestc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.0711004

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