Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 7, 0711004(2022)
Liquid Crystal Lens Imaging Method Using 90° Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Cell Instead of Polarizer
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
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)