Photonics Research, Volume. 10, Issue 3, 786(2022)
Submicrosecond electro-optical switching of one-dimensional soft photonic crystals
Fig. 1. Optical characteristics of CLCs. (a) Schematic illustration of the 1D helical structure. Blue rods represent LC directors. White bidirectional arrow denotes the alignment direction. Green and pink arrows indicate the transmission and reflection of light. (b) POM images of planar CLCs at different
Fig. 2. Electro-optic responses of CLC. (a) Dynamics of the transmitted light intensity of CLC under
Fig. 3. Schematic illustration of field-induced effects. (a) Orientational order of LC molecules and ellipsoid optical tensor in the absence of an electric field. (b) Thermal fluctuation of the optical tensor. (c) Orientational order of LC molecules and elongated oblate optical tensor under an electric field. (d) Quenching of the optical tensor fluctuation.
Fig. 4. Three experimental geometries. (a) Geometry BU:
Fig. 5. Submicrosecond electro-optic switching of the nematic LC host. (a) Field-induced
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Lingling Ma, Chaoyi Li, Luyao Sun, Zhenpeng Song, Yanqing Lu, Bingxiang Li. Submicrosecond electro-optical switching of one-dimensional soft photonic crystals[J]. Photonics Research, 2022, 10(3): 786
Category: Optical and Photonic Materials
Received: Nov. 23, 2021
Accepted: Jan. 11, 2022
Published Online: Mar. 1, 2022
The Author Email: Yanqing Lu (yqlu@nju.edu.cn), Bingxiang Li (bxli@njupt.edu.cn)