Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 39, Issue 12, 1657(2024)
Spin-decoupled color holography via bi-chiral liquid-crystal superstructures
Fig. 2. Fabrication process of the bi-chiral liquid crystal superstructure
Fig. 3. Principle, design and characterization of the bi-chiral superstructur.(a) Schematic of spin-decoupled geometric phase based on the bi-chiral liquid crystal superstructure; (b),(c) Target holographic images and phase hologram designs for the right- and left-handed cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) layers; (d) Polarized optical micrograph after filling with the right-handed CLC; (e) Polarized optical micrograph after refilling with the left-handed CLC; (f) Transmission spectra of the right-handed CLC before polymerization under different incident polarizations; (g) Transmission spectra of the sample after refilling with the left-handed CLC under different incident polarizations, where λ1 is 632 nm and λ2 is 532 nm. the scale bars are all 100 μm.
Fig. 4. Experimental setup, simulation results and experimental measurements of spin-decoupled color holography.(a) Diagram of the experimental optical setup; (b),(f),(j) Simulated diffraction results at different wavelengths under LP light incidence; (c),(d),(e) Experimental diffraction results at wavelength λ1 under LP, LCP and RCP light incidence; (g),(h),(i) Experimental diffraction results at wavelength λ2 under LP, LCP and RCP light incidence; (k),(l),(m) Experimental diffraction results at combined wavelengths λ1+λ2 under LP, LCP and RCP light incidence. The diffraction distance is 50 cm, and the scale bars all represent 1 cm.
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Rui SUN, Sijia LIU, Peng CHEN, Yanqing LU. Spin-decoupled color holography via bi-chiral liquid-crystal superstructures[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2024, 39(12): 1657
Category: Chiral Liquid Crystal Materials
Received: Aug. 26, 2024
Accepted: --
Published Online: Jan. 8, 2025
The Author Email: Peng CHEN (chenpeng@nju.edu.cn)