Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 2, 023201(2022)

Polymerization enabled reduction of the electrically induced birefringence change in nematic liquid crystals

Jiahao Chen1, Chaoyi Li2,3, Luyao Sun1, Lingling Ma2,3, Bingxiang Li1,2,4、*, and Yanqing Lu2,3、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Electronic and Optical Engineering and College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 2National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 3Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures & College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 4Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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    Jiahao Chen, Chaoyi Li, Luyao Sun, Lingling Ma, Bingxiang Li, Yanqing Lu, "Polymerization enabled reduction of the electrically induced birefringence change in nematic liquid crystals," Chin. Opt. Lett. 20, 023201 (2022)

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    Category: Ultrafast Optics and Attosecond/High-field Physics

    Received: Oct. 17, 2021

    Accepted: Dec. 2, 2021

    Posted: Dec. 2, 2021

    Published Online: Jan. 5, 2022

    The Author Email: Bingxiang Li (bxli@njupt.edu.cn), Yanqing Lu (yqlu@nju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.023201

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